What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78168 and 78172?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78168 and 78172 is 4.

GCF(78168,78172) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78168 and 78172, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78168 and 78172.

How to find the GCF of 78168 and 78172?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78168 and 78172. After we will calculate the factors of 78168 and 78172 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 78172

Prime factors of 78172 are 2, 19543. Prime factorization of 78172 in exponential form is:

78172 = 2² × 19543¹

Step-3: Factors of 78168

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 78172

List of positive integer factors of 78172 that divides 78168 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19543, 39086

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78168 and 78172. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78168 and 78172 is 4.

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