What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78478 and 78488?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78478 and 78488 is 2.

GCF(78478,78488) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78478 and 78488, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78478 and 78488.

How to find the GCF of 78478 and 78488?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78478 and 78488. After we will calculate the factors of 78478 and 78488 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78478

Prime factors of 78478 are 2, 39239. Prime factorization of 78478 in exponential form is:

78478 = 2¹ × 39239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78488

Prime factors of 78488 are 2, 9811. Prime factorization of 78488 in exponential form is:

78488 = 2³ × 9811¹

Step-3: Factors of 78478

List of positive integer factors of 78478 that divides 78478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39239

Step-4: Factors of 78488

List of positive integer factors of 78488 that divides 78478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9811, 19622, 39244

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78478 and 78488. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78478 and 78488 is 2.

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