What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78394 and 78398?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78394 and 78398 is 2.

GCF(78394,78398) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78394 and 78398, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78394 and 78398.

How to find the GCF of 78394 and 78398?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78394 and 78398. After we will calculate the factors of 78394 and 78398 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78394

Prime factors of 78394 are 2, 19, 2063. Prime factorization of 78394 in exponential form is:

78394 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2063¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78398

Prime factors of 78398 are 2, 39199. Prime factorization of 78398 in exponential form is:

78398 = 2¹ × 39199¹

Step-3: Factors of 78394

List of positive integer factors of 78394 that divides 78394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2063, 4126, 39197

Step-4: Factors of 78398

List of positive integer factors of 78398 that divides 78394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39199

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78394 and 78398. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78394 and 78398 is 2.

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