What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78146 and 78166?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78146 and 78166 is 2.

GCF(78146,78166) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78146 and 78166, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78146 and 78166.

How to find the GCF of 78146 and 78166?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78146 and 78166. After we will calculate the factors of 78146 and 78166 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78146

Prime factors of 78146 are 2, 41, 953. Prime factorization of 78146 in exponential form is:

78146 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78166

Prime factors of 78166 are 2, 11, 17, 19. Prime factorization of 78166 in exponential form is:

78166 = 2¹ × 11² × 17¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 78146

List of positive integer factors of 78146 that divides 78146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 953, 1906, 39073

Step-4: Factors of 78166

List of positive integer factors of 78166 that divides 78146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 19, 22, 34, 38, 121, 187, 209, 242, 323, 374, 418, 646, 2057, 2299, 3553, 4114, 4598, 7106, 39083

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78146 and 78166. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78146 and 78166 is 2.

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