What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78415 and 78425?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78415 and 78425 is 5.

GCF(78415,78425) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78415 and 78425, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78415 and 78425.

How to find the GCF of 78415 and 78425?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78415 and 78425. After we will calculate the factors of 78415 and 78425 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78415

Prime factors of 78415 are 5, 15683. Prime factorization of 78415 in exponential form is:

78415 = 5¹ × 15683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78425

Prime factors of 78425 are 5, 3137. Prime factorization of 78425 in exponential form is:

78425 = 5² × 3137¹

Step-3: Factors of 78415

List of positive integer factors of 78415 that divides 78415 without a remainder.

1, 5, 15683

Step-4: Factors of 78425

List of positive integer factors of 78425 that divides 78415 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 3137, 15685

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78415 and 78425. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78415 and 78425 is 5.

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