What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78562 and 78572?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78562 and 78572 is 2.

GCF(78562,78572) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78562 and 78572, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78562 and 78572.

How to find the GCF of 78562 and 78572?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78562 and 78572. After we will calculate the factors of 78562 and 78572 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78562

Prime factors of 78562 are 2, 11, 3571. Prime factorization of 78562 in exponential form is:

78562 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78572

Prime factors of 78572 are 2, 13, 1511. Prime factorization of 78572 in exponential form is:

78572 = 2² × 13¹ × 1511¹

Step-3: Factors of 78562

List of positive integer factors of 78562 that divides 78562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3571, 7142, 39281

Step-4: Factors of 78572

List of positive integer factors of 78572 that divides 78562 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1511, 3022, 6044, 19643, 39286

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78562 and 78572. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78562 and 78572 is 2.

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