What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78128 and 78138?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78128 and 78138 is 2.

GCF(78128,78138) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78128 and 78138, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78128 and 78138.

How to find the GCF of 78128 and 78138?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78128 and 78138. After we will calculate the factors of 78128 and 78138 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78128

Prime factors of 78128 are 2, 19, 257. Prime factorization of 78128 in exponential form is:

78128 = 2⁴ × 19¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78138

Prime factors of 78138 are 2, 3, 1447. Prime factorization of 78138 in exponential form is:

78138 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1447¹

Step-3: Factors of 78128

List of positive integer factors of 78128 that divides 78128 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 38, 76, 152, 257, 304, 514, 1028, 2056, 4112, 4883, 9766, 19532, 39064

Step-4: Factors of 78138

List of positive integer factors of 78138 that divides 78128 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1447, 2894, 4341, 8682, 13023, 26046, 39069

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78128 and 78138. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78128 and 78138 is 2.

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