What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78276 and 78288?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78276 and 78288 is 12.

GCF(78276,78288) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78276 and 78288, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78276 and 78288.

How to find the GCF of 78276 and 78288?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78276 and 78288. After we will calculate the factors of 78276 and 78288 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78276

Prime factors of 78276 are 2, 3, 11, 593. Prime factorization of 78276 in exponential form is:

78276 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78288

Prime factors of 78288 are 2, 3, 7, 233. Prime factorization of 78288 in exponential form is:

78288 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 78276

List of positive integer factors of 78276 that divides 78276 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 593, 1186, 1779, 2372, 3558, 6523, 7116, 13046, 19569, 26092, 39138

Step-4: Factors of 78288

List of positive integer factors of 78288 that divides 78276 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 42, 48, 56, 84, 112, 168, 233, 336, 466, 699, 932, 1398, 1631, 1864, 2796, 3262, 3728, 4893, 5592, 6524, 9786, 11184, 13048, 19572, 26096, 39144

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78276 and 78288. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78276 and 78288 is 12.

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