What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78392 and 78396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78392 and 78396 is 4.

GCF(78392,78396) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78392 and 78396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78392 and 78396.

How to find the GCF of 78392 and 78396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78392 and 78396. After we will calculate the factors of 78392 and 78396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78392

Prime factors of 78392 are 2, 41, 239. Prime factorization of 78392 in exponential form is:

78392 = 2³ × 41¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78396

Prime factors of 78396 are 2, 3, 47, 139. Prime factorization of 78396 in exponential form is:

78396 = 2² × 3¹ × 47¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 78392

List of positive integer factors of 78392 that divides 78392 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 41, 82, 164, 239, 328, 478, 956, 1912, 9799, 19598, 39196

Step-4: Factors of 78396

List of positive integer factors of 78396 that divides 78392 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 47, 94, 139, 141, 188, 278, 282, 417, 556, 564, 834, 1668, 6533, 13066, 19599, 26132, 39198

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78392 and 78396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78392 and 78396 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78392 and 78396