What is the Greatest Common Factor of 780 and 790?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 780 and 790 is 10.

GCF(780,790) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 780 and 790, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 780 and 790.

How to find the GCF of 780 and 790?

We will first find the prime factorization of 780 and 790. After we will calculate the factors of 780 and 790 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 780

Prime factors of 780 are 2, 3, 5, 13. Prime factorization of 780 in exponential form is:

780 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 13¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 790

Prime factors of 790 are 2, 5, 79. Prime factorization of 790 in exponential form is:

790 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 780

List of positive integer factors of 780 that divides 780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 26, 30, 39, 52, 60, 65, 78, 130, 156, 195, 260, 390

Step-4: Factors of 790

List of positive integer factors of 790 that divides 780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 79, 158, 395

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 780 and 790. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 780 and 790 is 10.

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