What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78292 and 78312?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78292 and 78312 is 4.

GCF(78292,78312) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78292 and 78312, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78292 and 78312.

How to find the GCF of 78292 and 78312?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78292 and 78312. After we will calculate the factors of 78292 and 78312 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 78312

Prime factors of 78312 are 2, 3, 13, 251. Prime factorization of 78312 in exponential form is:

78312 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 78292

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 78312

List of positive integer factors of 78312 that divides 78292 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 156, 251, 312, 502, 753, 1004, 1506, 2008, 3012, 3263, 6024, 6526, 9789, 13052, 19578, 26104, 39156

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78292 and 78312. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78292 and 78312 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78292 and 78312