What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78346 and 78358?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78346 and 78358 is 2.

GCF(78346,78358) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78346 and 78358, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78346 and 78358.

How to find the GCF of 78346 and 78358?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78346 and 78358. After we will calculate the factors of 78346 and 78358 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78346

Prime factors of 78346 are 2, 43, 911. Prime factorization of 78346 in exponential form is:

78346 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78358

Prime factors of 78358 are 2, 7, 29, 193. Prime factorization of 78358 in exponential form is:

78358 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 29¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 78346

List of positive integer factors of 78346 that divides 78346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 911, 1822, 39173

Step-4: Factors of 78358

List of positive integer factors of 78358 that divides 78346 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 29, 58, 193, 203, 386, 406, 1351, 2702, 5597, 11194, 39179

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78346 and 78358. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78346 and 78358 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78346 and 78358