What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78612 and 78621?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78612 and 78621 is 3.

GCF(78612,78621) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78612 and 78621, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78612 and 78621.

How to find the GCF of 78612 and 78621?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78612 and 78621. After we will calculate the factors of 78612 and 78621 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78612

Prime factors of 78612 are 2, 3, 6551. Prime factorization of 78612 in exponential form is:

78612 = 2² × 3¹ × 6551¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78621

Prime factors of 78621 are 3, 73, 359. Prime factorization of 78621 in exponential form is:

78621 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 78612

List of positive integer factors of 78612 that divides 78612 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 6551, 13102, 19653, 26204, 39306

Step-4: Factors of 78621

List of positive integer factors of 78621 that divides 78612 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 219, 359, 1077, 26207

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78612 and 78621. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78612 and 78621 is 3.

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