What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78272 and 78292?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78272 and 78292 is 4.

GCF(78272,78292) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78272 and 78292, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78272 and 78292.

How to find the GCF of 78272 and 78292?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78272 and 78292. After we will calculate the factors of 78272 and 78292 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78272

Prime factors of 78272 are 2, 1223. Prime factorization of 78272 in exponential form is:

78272 = 2⁶ × 1223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78292

Prime factors of 78292 are 2, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 78292 in exponential form is:

78292 = 2² × 23² × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 78272

List of positive integer factors of 78272 that divides 78272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 1223, 2446, 4892, 9784, 19568, 39136

Step-4: Factors of 78292

List of positive integer factors of 78292 that divides 78272 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 37, 46, 74, 92, 148, 529, 851, 1058, 1702, 2116, 3404, 19573, 39146

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78272 and 78292. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78272 and 78292 is 4.

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