What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78326 and 78338?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78326 and 78338 is 2.

GCF(78326,78338) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78326 and 78338, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78326 and 78338.

How to find the GCF of 78326 and 78338?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78326 and 78338. After we will calculate the factors of 78326 and 78338 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 78338

Prime factors of 78338 are 2, 13, 23, 131. Prime factorization of 78338 in exponential form is:

78338 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 131¹

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 78338

List of positive integer factors of 78338 that divides 78326 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 23, 26, 46, 131, 262, 299, 598, 1703, 3013, 3406, 6026, 39169

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78326 and 78338. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78326 and 78338 is 2.

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