What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78126 and 78142?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78126 and 78142 is 2.

GCF(78126,78142) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78126 and 78142, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78126 and 78142.

How to find the GCF of 78126 and 78142?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78126 and 78142. After we will calculate the factors of 78126 and 78142 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78126

Prime factors of 78126 are 2, 3, 29, 449. Prime factorization of 78126 in exponential form is:

78126 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78142

Prime factors of 78142 are 2, 89, 439. Prime factorization of 78142 in exponential form is:

78142 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 439¹

Step-3: Factors of 78126

List of positive integer factors of 78126 that divides 78126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 449, 898, 1347, 2694, 13021, 26042, 39063

Step-4: Factors of 78142

List of positive integer factors of 78142 that divides 78126 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 439, 878, 39071

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78126 and 78142. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78126 and 78142 is 2.

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