What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78337 and 78342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78337 and 78342 is 1.

GCF(78337,78342) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78337 and 78342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78337 and 78342.

How to find the GCF of 78337 and 78342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78337 and 78342. After we will calculate the factors of 78337 and 78342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78337

Prime factors of 78337 are 7, 19, 31. Prime factorization of 78337 in exponential form is:

78337 = 7¹ × 19² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78342

Prime factors of 78342 are 2, 3, 11, 1187. Prime factorization of 78342 in exponential form is:

78342 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 1187¹

Step-3: Factors of 78337

List of positive integer factors of 78337 that divides 78337 without a remainder.

1, 7, 19, 31, 133, 217, 361, 589, 2527, 4123, 11191

Step-4: Factors of 78342

List of positive integer factors of 78342 that divides 78337 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 1187, 2374, 3561, 7122, 13057, 26114, 39171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78337 and 78342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78337 and 78342 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78337 and 78342