What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77996 and 78013?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77996 and 78013 is 17.

GCF(77996,78013) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77996 and 78013, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77996 and 78013.

How to find the GCF of 77996 and 78013?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77996 and 78013. After we will calculate the factors of 77996 and 78013 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77996

Prime factors of 77996 are 2, 17, 31, 37. Prime factorization of 77996 in exponential form is:

77996 = 2² × 17¹ × 31¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78013

Prime factors of 78013 are 13, 17, 353. Prime factorization of 78013 in exponential form is:

78013 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 77996

List of positive integer factors of 77996 that divides 77996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 31, 34, 37, 62, 68, 74, 124, 148, 527, 629, 1054, 1147, 1258, 2108, 2294, 2516, 4588, 19499, 38998

Step-4: Factors of 78013

List of positive integer factors of 78013 that divides 77996 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 221, 353, 4589, 6001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77996 and 78013. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77996 and 78013 is 17.

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