What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78256 and 78271?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78256 and 78271 is 1.

GCF(78256,78271) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78256 and 78271, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78256 and 78271.

How to find the GCF of 78256 and 78271?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78256 and 78271. After we will calculate the factors of 78256 and 78271 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78256

Prime factors of 78256 are 2, 67, 73. Prime factorization of 78256 in exponential form is:

78256 = 2⁴ × 67¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78271

Prime factors of 78271 are 29, 2699. Prime factorization of 78271 in exponential form is:

78271 = 29¹ × 2699¹

Step-3: Factors of 78256

List of positive integer factors of 78256 that divides 78256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 67, 73, 134, 146, 268, 292, 536, 584, 1072, 1168, 4891, 9782, 19564, 39128

Step-4: Factors of 78271

List of positive integer factors of 78271 that divides 78256 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2699

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78256 and 78271. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78256 and 78271 is 1.

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