What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78370 and 78387?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78370 and 78387 is 17.

GCF(78370,78387) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78370 and 78387, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78370 and 78387.

How to find the GCF of 78370 and 78387?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78370 and 78387. After we will calculate the factors of 78370 and 78387 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78370

Prime factors of 78370 are 2, 5, 17, 461. Prime factorization of 78370 in exponential form is:

78370 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78387

Prime factors of 78387 are 3, 17, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 78387 in exponential form is:

78387 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 78370

List of positive integer factors of 78370 that divides 78370 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 170, 461, 922, 2305, 4610, 7837, 15674, 39185

Step-4: Factors of 78387

List of positive integer factors of 78387 that divides 78370 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 29, 51, 53, 87, 159, 493, 901, 1479, 1537, 2703, 4611, 26129

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78370 and 78387. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78370 and 78387 is 17.

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