What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78406 and 78412?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78406 and 78412 is 2.

GCF(78406,78412) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78406 and 78412, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78406 and 78412.

How to find the GCF of 78406 and 78412?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78406 and 78412. After we will calculate the factors of 78406 and 78412 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78406

Prime factors of 78406 are 2, 197, 199. Prime factorization of 78406 in exponential form is:

78406 = 2¹ × 197¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78412

Prime factors of 78412 are 2, 19603. Prime factorization of 78412 in exponential form is:

78412 = 2² × 19603¹

Step-3: Factors of 78406

List of positive integer factors of 78406 that divides 78406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 197, 199, 394, 398, 39203

Step-4: Factors of 78412

List of positive integer factors of 78412 that divides 78406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19603, 39206

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78406 and 78412. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78406 and 78412 is 2.

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