What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78266 and 78284?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78266 and 78284 is 2.

GCF(78266,78284) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78266 and 78284, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78266 and 78284.

How to find the GCF of 78266 and 78284?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78266 and 78284. After we will calculate the factors of 78266 and 78284 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78266

Prime factors of 78266 are 2, 39133. Prime factorization of 78266 in exponential form is:

78266 = 2¹ × 39133¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78284

Prime factors of 78284 are 2, 19571. Prime factorization of 78284 in exponential form is:

78284 = 2² × 19571¹

Step-3: Factors of 78266

List of positive integer factors of 78266 that divides 78266 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39133

Step-4: Factors of 78284

List of positive integer factors of 78284 that divides 78266 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19571, 39142

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78266 and 78284. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78266 and 78284 is 2.

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