What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78231 and 78238?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78231 and 78238 is 1.

GCF(78231,78238) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78231 and 78238, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78231 and 78238.

How to find the GCF of 78231 and 78238?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78231 and 78238. After we will calculate the factors of 78231 and 78238 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78231

Prime factors of 78231 are 3, 89, 293. Prime factorization of 78231 in exponential form is:

78231 = 3¹ × 89¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78238

Prime factors of 78238 are 2, 39119. Prime factorization of 78238 in exponential form is:

78238 = 2¹ × 39119¹

Step-3: Factors of 78231

List of positive integer factors of 78231 that divides 78231 without a remainder.

1, 3, 89, 267, 293, 879, 26077

Step-4: Factors of 78238

List of positive integer factors of 78238 that divides 78231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39119

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78231 and 78238. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78231 and 78238 is 1.

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