What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78359 and 78372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78359 and 78372 is 1.

GCF(78359,78372) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78359 and 78372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78359 and 78372.

How to find the GCF of 78359 and 78372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78359 and 78372. After we will calculate the factors of 78359 and 78372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78359

Prime factors of 78359 are 127, 617. Prime factorization of 78359 in exponential form is:

78359 = 127¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78372

Prime factors of 78372 are 2, 3, 7, 311. Prime factorization of 78372 in exponential form is:

78372 = 2² × 3² × 7¹ × 311¹

Step-3: Factors of 78359

List of positive integer factors of 78359 that divides 78359 without a remainder.

1, 127, 617

Step-4: Factors of 78372

List of positive integer factors of 78372 that divides 78359 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 63, 84, 126, 252, 311, 622, 933, 1244, 1866, 2177, 2799, 3732, 4354, 5598, 6531, 8708, 11196, 13062, 19593, 26124, 39186

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78359 and 78372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78359 and 78372 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78359 and 78372