What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78159 and 78176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78159 and 78176 is 1.

GCF(78159,78176) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78159 and 78176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78159 and 78176.

How to find the GCF of 78159 and 78176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78159 and 78176. After we will calculate the factors of 78159 and 78176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78159

Prime factors of 78159 are 3, 26053. Prime factorization of 78159 in exponential form is:

78159 = 3¹ × 26053¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78176

Prime factors of 78176 are 2, 7, 349. Prime factorization of 78176 in exponential form is:

78176 = 2⁵ × 7¹ × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 78159

List of positive integer factors of 78159 that divides 78159 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26053

Step-4: Factors of 78176

List of positive integer factors of 78176 that divides 78159 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 112, 224, 349, 698, 1396, 2443, 2792, 4886, 5584, 9772, 11168, 19544, 39088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78159 and 78176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78159 and 78176 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78159 and 78176