What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78132 and 78141?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78132 and 78141 is 3.

GCF(78132,78141) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78132 and 78141, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78132 and 78141.

How to find the GCF of 78132 and 78141?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78132 and 78141. After we will calculate the factors of 78132 and 78141 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78132

Prime factors of 78132 are 2, 3, 17, 383. Prime factorization of 78132 in exponential form is:

78132 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78141

Prime factors of 78141 are 3, 7, 61. Prime factorization of 78141 in exponential form is:

78141 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 61²

Step-3: Factors of 78132

List of positive integer factors of 78132 that divides 78132 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 204, 383, 766, 1149, 1532, 2298, 4596, 6511, 13022, 19533, 26044, 39066

Step-4: Factors of 78141

List of positive integer factors of 78141 that divides 78132 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 61, 183, 427, 1281, 3721, 11163, 26047

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78132 and 78141. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78132 and 78141 is 3.

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