What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78651 and 78660?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78651 and 78660 is 9.

GCF(78651,78660) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78651 and 78660, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78651 and 78660.

How to find the GCF of 78651 and 78660?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78651 and 78660. After we will calculate the factors of 78651 and 78660 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78651

Prime factors of 78651 are 3, 971. Prime factorization of 78651 in exponential form is:

78651 = 3⁴ × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78660

Prime factors of 78660 are 2, 3, 5, 19, 23. Prime factorization of 78660 in exponential form is:

78660 = 2² × 3² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 78651

List of positive integer factors of 78651 that divides 78651 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 971, 2913, 8739, 26217

Step-4: Factors of 78660

List of positive integer factors of 78660 that divides 78651 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 23, 30, 36, 38, 45, 46, 57, 60, 69, 76, 90, 92, 95, 114, 115, 138, 171, 180, 190, 207, 228, 230, 276, 285, 342, 345, 380, 414, 437, 460, 570, 684, 690, 828, 855, 874, 1035, 1140, 1311, 1380, 1710, 1748, 2070, 2185, 2622, 3420, 3933, 4140, 4370, 5244, 6555, 7866, 8740, 13110, 15732, 19665, 26220, 39330

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78651 and 78660. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78651 and 78660 is 9.

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