What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78672 and 78681?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78672 and 78681 is 3.

GCF(78672,78681) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78672 and 78681, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78672 and 78681.

How to find the GCF of 78672 and 78681?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78672 and 78681. After we will calculate the factors of 78672 and 78681 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78672

Prime factors of 78672 are 2, 3, 11, 149. Prime factorization of 78672 in exponential form is:

78672 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78681

Prime factors of 78681 are 3, 26227. Prime factorization of 78681 in exponential form is:

78681 = 3¹ × 26227¹

Step-3: Factors of 78672

List of positive integer factors of 78672 that divides 78672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22, 24, 33, 44, 48, 66, 88, 132, 149, 176, 264, 298, 447, 528, 596, 894, 1192, 1639, 1788, 2384, 3278, 3576, 4917, 6556, 7152, 9834, 13112, 19668, 26224, 39336

Step-4: Factors of 78681

List of positive integer factors of 78681 that divides 78672 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78672 and 78681. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78672 and 78681 is 3.

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