What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78012 and 78028?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78012 and 78028 is 4.

GCF(78012,78028) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78012 and 78028, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78012 and 78028.

How to find the GCF of 78012 and 78028?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78012 and 78028. After we will calculate the factors of 78012 and 78028 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78012

Prime factors of 78012 are 2, 3, 11, 197. Prime factorization of 78012 in exponential form is:

78012 = 2² × 3² × 11¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78028

Prime factors of 78028 are 2, 19507. Prime factorization of 78028 in exponential form is:

78028 = 2² × 19507¹

Step-3: Factors of 78012

List of positive integer factors of 78012 that divides 78012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 33, 36, 44, 66, 99, 132, 197, 198, 394, 396, 591, 788, 1182, 1773, 2167, 2364, 3546, 4334, 6501, 7092, 8668, 13002, 19503, 26004, 39006

Step-4: Factors of 78028

List of positive integer factors of 78028 that divides 78012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19507, 39014

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78012 and 78028. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78012 and 78028 is 4.

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