What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78552 and 78557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78552 and 78557 is 1.

GCF(78552,78557) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78552 and 78557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78552 and 78557.

How to find the GCF of 78552 and 78557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78552 and 78557. After we will calculate the factors of 78552 and 78557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78552

Prime factors of 78552 are 2, 3, 1091. Prime factorization of 78552 in exponential form is:

78552 = 2³ × 3² × 1091¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78557

Prime factors of 78557 are 17, 4621. Prime factorization of 78557 in exponential form is:

78557 = 17¹ × 4621¹

Step-3: Factors of 78552

List of positive integer factors of 78552 that divides 78552 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 1091, 2182, 3273, 4364, 6546, 8728, 9819, 13092, 19638, 26184, 39276

Step-4: Factors of 78557

List of positive integer factors of 78557 that divides 78552 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78552 and 78557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78552 and 78557 is 1.

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