What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78262 and 78278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78262 and 78278 is 2.

GCF(78262,78278) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78262 and 78278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78262 and 78278.

How to find the GCF of 78262 and 78278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78262 and 78278. After we will calculate the factors of 78262 and 78278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78262

Prime factors of 78262 are 2, 109, 359. Prime factorization of 78262 in exponential form is:

78262 = 2¹ × 109¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78278

Prime factors of 78278 are 2, 39139. Prime factorization of 78278 in exponential form is:

78278 = 2¹ × 39139¹

Step-3: Factors of 78262

List of positive integer factors of 78262 that divides 78262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 109, 218, 359, 718, 39131

Step-4: Factors of 78278

List of positive integer factors of 78278 that divides 78262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78262 and 78278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78262 and 78278 is 2.

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