What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78526 and 78530?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78526 and 78530 is 2.

GCF(78526,78530) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78526 and 78530, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78526 and 78530.

How to find the GCF of 78526 and 78530?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78526 and 78530. After we will calculate the factors of 78526 and 78530 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78526

Prime factors of 78526 are 2, 7, 71, 79. Prime factorization of 78526 in exponential form is:

78526 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 71¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78530

Prime factors of 78530 are 2, 5, 7853. Prime factorization of 78530 in exponential form is:

78530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7853¹

Step-3: Factors of 78526

List of positive integer factors of 78526 that divides 78526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 71, 79, 142, 158, 497, 553, 994, 1106, 5609, 11218, 39263

Step-4: Factors of 78530

List of positive integer factors of 78530 that divides 78526 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7853, 15706, 39265

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78526 and 78530. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78526 and 78530 is 2.

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