What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78466 and 78480?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78466 and 78480 is 2.

GCF(78466,78480) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78466 and 78480, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78466 and 78480.

How to find the GCF of 78466 and 78480?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78466 and 78480. After we will calculate the factors of 78466 and 78480 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78466

Prime factors of 78466 are 2, 39233. Prime factorization of 78466 in exponential form is:

78466 = 2¹ × 39233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78480

Prime factors of 78480 are 2, 3, 5, 109. Prime factorization of 78480 in exponential form is:

78480 = 2⁴ × 3² × 5¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 78466

List of positive integer factors of 78466 that divides 78466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39233

Step-4: Factors of 78480

List of positive integer factors of 78480 that divides 78466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 36, 40, 45, 48, 60, 72, 80, 90, 109, 120, 144, 180, 218, 240, 327, 360, 436, 545, 654, 720, 872, 981, 1090, 1308, 1635, 1744, 1962, 2180, 2616, 3270, 3924, 4360, 4905, 5232, 6540, 7848, 8720, 9810, 13080, 15696, 19620, 26160, 39240

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78466 and 78480. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78466 and 78480 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78466 and 78480