What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78196 and 78214?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78196 and 78214 is 2.

GCF(78196,78214) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78196 and 78214, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78196 and 78214.

How to find the GCF of 78196 and 78214?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78196 and 78214. After we will calculate the factors of 78196 and 78214 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 78214

Prime factors of 78214 are 2, 39107. Prime factorization of 78214 in exponential form is:

78214 = 2¹ × 39107¹

Step-3: Factors of 78196

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 78214

List of positive integer factors of 78214 that divides 78196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39107

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78196 and 78214. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78196 and 78214 is 2.

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