What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78162 and 78168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78162 and 78168 is 6.

GCF(78162,78168) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78162 and 78168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78162 and 78168.

How to find the GCF of 78162 and 78168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78162 and 78168. After we will calculate the factors of 78162 and 78168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78162

Prime factors of 78162 are 2, 3, 7, 1861. Prime factorization of 78162 in exponential form is:

78162 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 1861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78168

Prime factors of 78168 are 2, 3, 3257. Prime factorization of 78168 in exponential form is:

78168 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3257¹

Step-3: Factors of 78162

List of positive integer factors of 78162 that divides 78162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 1861, 3722, 5583, 11166, 13027, 26054, 39081

Step-4: Factors of 78168

List of positive integer factors of 78168 that divides 78162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3257, 6514, 9771, 13028, 19542, 26056, 39084

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78162 and 78168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78162 and 78168 is 6.

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