What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78112 and 78118?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78112 and 78118 is 2.

GCF(78112,78118) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78112 and 78118, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78112 and 78118.

How to find the GCF of 78112 and 78118?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78112 and 78118. After we will calculate the factors of 78112 and 78118 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78112

Prime factors of 78112 are 2, 2441. Prime factorization of 78112 in exponential form is:

78112 = 2⁵ × 2441¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78118

Prime factors of 78118 are 2, 139, 281. Prime factorization of 78118 in exponential form is:

78118 = 2¹ × 139¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 78112

List of positive integer factors of 78112 that divides 78112 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 2441, 4882, 9764, 19528, 39056

Step-4: Factors of 78118

List of positive integer factors of 78118 that divides 78112 without a remainder.

1, 2, 139, 278, 281, 562, 39059

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78112 and 78118. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78112 and 78118 is 2.

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