What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78592 and 78598?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78592 and 78598 is 2.

GCF(78592,78598) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78592 and 78598, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78592 and 78598.

How to find the GCF of 78592 and 78598?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78592 and 78598. After we will calculate the factors of 78592 and 78598 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78592

Prime factors of 78592 are 2, 307. Prime factorization of 78592 in exponential form is:

78592 = 2⁸ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78598

Prime factors of 78598 are 2, 13, 3023. Prime factorization of 78598 in exponential form is:

78598 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3023¹

Step-3: Factors of 78592

List of positive integer factors of 78592 that divides 78592 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 307, 614, 1228, 2456, 4912, 9824, 19648, 39296

Step-4: Factors of 78598

List of positive integer factors of 78598 that divides 78592 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3023, 6046, 39299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78592 and 78598. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78592 and 78598 is 2.

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