What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78664 and 78676?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78664 and 78676 is 4.

GCF(78664,78676) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78664 and 78676, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78664 and 78676.

How to find the GCF of 78664 and 78676?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78664 and 78676. After we will calculate the factors of 78664 and 78676 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78664

Prime factors of 78664 are 2, 9833. Prime factorization of 78664 in exponential form is:

78664 = 2³ × 9833¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78676

Prime factors of 78676 are 2, 13, 17, 89. Prime factorization of 78676 in exponential form is:

78676 = 2² × 13¹ × 17¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 78664

List of positive integer factors of 78664 that divides 78664 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9833, 19666, 39332

Step-4: Factors of 78676

List of positive integer factors of 78676 that divides 78664 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 17, 26, 34, 52, 68, 89, 178, 221, 356, 442, 884, 1157, 1513, 2314, 3026, 4628, 6052, 19669, 39338

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78664 and 78676. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78664 and 78676 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78664 and 78676