What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78494 and 78504?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78494 and 78504 is 2.

GCF(78494,78504) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78494 and 78504, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78494 and 78504.

How to find the GCF of 78494 and 78504?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78494 and 78504. After we will calculate the factors of 78494 and 78504 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78494

Prime factors of 78494 are 2, 13, 3019. Prime factorization of 78494 in exponential form is:

78494 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3019¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78504

Prime factors of 78504 are 2, 3, 3271. Prime factorization of 78504 in exponential form is:

78504 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3271¹

Step-3: Factors of 78494

List of positive integer factors of 78494 that divides 78494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3019, 6038, 39247

Step-4: Factors of 78504

List of positive integer factors of 78504 that divides 78494 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3271, 6542, 9813, 13084, 19626, 26168, 39252

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78494 and 78504. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78494 and 78504 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78494 and 78504