What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78178 and 78196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78178 and 78196 is 2.

GCF(78178,78196) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78178 and 78196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78178 and 78196.

How to find the GCF of 78178 and 78196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78178 and 78196. After we will calculate the factors of 78178 and 78196 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78178

Prime factors of 78178 are 2, 39089. Prime factorization of 78178 in exponential form is:

78178 = 2¹ × 39089¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78196

Prime factors of 78196 are 2, 113, 173. Prime factorization of 78196 in exponential form is:

78196 = 2² × 113¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 78178

List of positive integer factors of 78178 that divides 78178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39089

Step-4: Factors of 78196

List of positive integer factors of 78196 that divides 78178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 113, 173, 226, 346, 452, 692, 19549, 39098

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78178 and 78196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78178 and 78196 is 2.

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