What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78343 and 78356?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78343 and 78356 is 1.

GCF(78343,78356) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78343 and 78356, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78343 and 78356.

How to find the GCF of 78343 and 78356?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78343 and 78356. After we will calculate the factors of 78343 and 78356 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78343

Prime factors of 78343 are 157, 499. Prime factorization of 78343 in exponential form is:

78343 = 157¹ × 499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78356

Prime factors of 78356 are 2, 19, 1031. Prime factorization of 78356 in exponential form is:

78356 = 2² × 19¹ × 1031¹

Step-3: Factors of 78343

List of positive integer factors of 78343 that divides 78343 without a remainder.

1, 157, 499

Step-4: Factors of 78356

List of positive integer factors of 78356 that divides 78343 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 1031, 2062, 4124, 19589, 39178

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78343 and 78356. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78343 and 78356 is 1.

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