What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78326 and 78336?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78326 and 78336 is 2.

GCF(78326,78336) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78326 and 78336, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78326 and 78336.

How to find the GCF of 78326 and 78336?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78326 and 78336. After we will calculate the factors of 78326 and 78336 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78326

Prime factors of 78326 are 2, 39163. Prime factorization of 78326 in exponential form is:

78326 = 2¹ × 39163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78336

Prime factors of 78336 are 2, 3, 17. Prime factorization of 78336 in exponential form is:

78336 = 2⁹ × 3² × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 78326

List of positive integer factors of 78326 that divides 78326 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39163

Step-4: Factors of 78336

List of positive integer factors of 78336 that divides 78326 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 24, 32, 34, 36, 48, 51, 64, 68, 72, 96, 102, 128, 136, 144, 153, 192, 204, 256, 272, 288, 306, 384, 408, 512, 544, 576, 612, 768, 816, 1088, 1152, 1224, 1536, 1632, 2176, 2304, 2448, 3264, 4352, 4608, 4896, 6528, 8704, 9792, 13056, 19584, 26112, 39168

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78326 and 78336. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78326 and 78336 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78326 and 78336