What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78136 and 78140?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78136 and 78140 is 4.

GCF(78136,78140) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78136 and 78140, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78136 and 78140.

How to find the GCF of 78136 and 78140?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78136 and 78140. After we will calculate the factors of 78136 and 78140 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78136

Prime factors of 78136 are 2, 9767. Prime factorization of 78136 in exponential form is:

78136 = 2³ × 9767¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78140

Prime factors of 78140 are 2, 5, 3907. Prime factorization of 78140 in exponential form is:

78140 = 2² × 5¹ × 3907¹

Step-3: Factors of 78136

List of positive integer factors of 78136 that divides 78136 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9767, 19534, 39068

Step-4: Factors of 78140

List of positive integer factors of 78140 that divides 78136 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3907, 7814, 15628, 19535, 39070

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78136 and 78140. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78136 and 78140 is 4.

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