What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77998 and 78014?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77998 and 78014 is 2.

GCF(77998,78014) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77998 and 78014, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77998 and 78014.

How to find the GCF of 77998 and 78014?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77998 and 78014. After we will calculate the factors of 77998 and 78014 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77998

Prime factors of 77998 are 2, 59, 661. Prime factorization of 77998 in exponential form is:

77998 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78014

Prime factors of 78014 are 2, 19, 2053. Prime factorization of 78014 in exponential form is:

78014 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2053¹

Step-3: Factors of 77998

List of positive integer factors of 77998 that divides 77998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 661, 1322, 38999

Step-4: Factors of 78014

List of positive integer factors of 78014 that divides 77998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2053, 4106, 39007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77998 and 78014. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77998 and 78014 is 2.

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