What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78298 and 78316?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78298 and 78316 is 2.

GCF(78298,78316) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78298 and 78316, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78298 and 78316.

How to find the GCF of 78298 and 78316?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78298 and 78316. After we will calculate the factors of 78298 and 78316 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 78316

Prime factors of 78316 are 2, 7, 2797. Prime factorization of 78316 in exponential form is:

78316 = 2² × 7¹ × 2797¹

Step-3: Factors of 78298

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 78316

List of positive integer factors of 78316 that divides 78298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2797, 5594, 11188, 19579, 39158

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78298 and 78316. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78298 and 78316 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78298 and 78316