What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78238 and 78246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78238 and 78246 is 2.

GCF(78238,78246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78238 and 78246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78238 and 78246.

How to find the GCF of 78238 and 78246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78238 and 78246. After we will calculate the factors of 78238 and 78246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78238

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

78238 = 2¹ × 39119¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78246

Prime factors of 78246 are 2, 3, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 78246 in exponential form is:

78246 = 2¹ × 3⁵ × 7¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 78238

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

1, 2, 39119

Step-4: Factors of 78246

List of positive integer factors of 78246 that divides 78238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 23, 27, 42, 46, 54, 63, 69, 81, 126, 138, 161, 162, 189, 207, 243, 322, 378, 414, 483, 486, 567, 621, 966, 1134, 1242, 1449, 1701, 1863, 2898, 3402, 3726, 4347, 5589, 8694, 11178, 13041, 26082, 39123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78238 and 78246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78238 and 78246 is 2.

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