What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78498 and 78504?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78498 and 78504 is 6.

GCF(78498,78504) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78498 and 78504, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78498 and 78504.

How to find the GCF of 78498 and 78504?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78498 and 78504. After we will calculate the factors of 78498 and 78504 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78498

Prime factors of 78498 are 2, 3, 7, 89. Prime factorization of 78498 in exponential form is:

78498 = 2¹ × 3² × 7² × 89¹

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 78498

List of positive integer factors of 78498 that divides 78498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 49, 63, 89, 98, 126, 147, 178, 267, 294, 441, 534, 623, 801, 882, 1246, 1602, 1869, 3738, 4361, 5607, 8722, 11214, 13083, 26166, 39249

Step-4: Factors of 78504

List of positive integer factors of 78504 that divides 78498 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 78498 and 78504. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78498 and 78504 is 6.

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