What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78296 and 78300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78296 and 78300 is 4.

GCF(78296,78300) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78296 and 78300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78296 and 78300.

How to find the GCF of 78296 and 78300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78296 and 78300. After we will calculate the factors of 78296 and 78300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78296

Prime factors of 78296 are 2, 9787. Prime factorization of 78296 in exponential form is:

78296 = 2³ × 9787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78300

Prime factors of 78300 are 2, 3, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 78300 in exponential form is:

78300 = 2² × 3³ × 5² × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 78296

List of positive integer factors of 78296 that divides 78296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9787, 19574, 39148

Step-4: Factors of 78300

List of positive integer factors of 78300 that divides 78296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 27, 29, 30, 36, 45, 50, 54, 58, 60, 75, 87, 90, 100, 108, 116, 135, 145, 150, 174, 180, 225, 261, 270, 290, 300, 348, 435, 450, 522, 540, 580, 675, 725, 783, 870, 900, 1044, 1305, 1350, 1450, 1566, 1740, 2175, 2610, 2700, 2900, 3132, 3915, 4350, 5220, 6525, 7830, 8700, 13050, 15660, 19575, 26100, 39150

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78296 and 78300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78296 and 78300 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78296 and 78300