What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78582 and 78588?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78582 and 78588 is 6.

GCF(78582,78588) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78582 and 78588, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78582 and 78588.

How to find the GCF of 78582 and 78588?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78582 and 78588. After we will calculate the factors of 78582 and 78588 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78582

Prime factors of 78582 are 2, 3, 7, 1871. Prime factorization of 78582 in exponential form is:

78582 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 1871¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78588

Prime factors of 78588 are 2, 3, 37, 59. Prime factorization of 78588 in exponential form is:

78588 = 2² × 3² × 37¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 78582

List of positive integer factors of 78582 that divides 78582 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 1871, 3742, 5613, 11226, 13097, 26194, 39291

Step-4: Factors of 78588

List of positive integer factors of 78588 that divides 78582 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 37, 59, 74, 111, 118, 148, 177, 222, 236, 333, 354, 444, 531, 666, 708, 1062, 1332, 2124, 2183, 4366, 6549, 8732, 13098, 19647, 26196, 39294

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78582 and 78588. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78582 and 78588 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78582 and 78588