What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78338 and 78344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78338 and 78344 is 2.

GCF(78338,78344) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78338 and 78344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78338 and 78344.

How to find the GCF of 78338 and 78344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78338 and 78344. After we will calculate the factors of 78338 and 78344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 78344

Prime factors of 78344 are 2, 7, 1399. Prime factorization of 78344 in exponential form is:

78344 = 2³ × 7¹ × 1399¹

Step-3: Factors of 78338

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 78344

List of positive integer factors of 78344 that divides 78338 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 1399, 2798, 5596, 9793, 11192, 19586, 39172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78338 and 78344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78338 and 78344 is 2.

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