What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78286 and 78298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78286 and 78298 is 2.

GCF(78286,78298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78286 and 78298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78286 and 78298.

How to find the GCF of 78286 and 78298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78286 and 78298. After we will calculate the factors of 78286 and 78298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78286

Prime factors of 78286 are 2, 13, 3011. Prime factorization of 78286 in exponential form is:

78286 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3011¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78298

Prime factors of 78298 are 2, 11, 3559. Prime factorization of 78298 in exponential form is:

78298 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3559¹

Step-3: Factors of 78286

List of positive integer factors of 78286 that divides 78286 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3011, 6022, 39143

Step-4: Factors of 78298

List of positive integer factors of 78298 that divides 78286 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3559, 7118, 39149

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78286 and 78298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78286 and 78298 is 2.

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