What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78702 and 78706?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78702 and 78706 is 2.

GCF(78702,78706) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78702 and 78706, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78702 and 78706.

How to find the GCF of 78702 and 78706?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78702 and 78706. After we will calculate the factors of 78702 and 78706 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78702

Prime factors of 78702 are 2, 3, 13, 1009. Prime factorization of 78702 in exponential form is:

78702 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 1009¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78706

Prime factors of 78706 are 2, 23, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 78706 in exponential form is:

78706 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 29¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 78702

List of positive integer factors of 78702 that divides 78702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 1009, 2018, 3027, 6054, 13117, 26234, 39351

Step-4: Factors of 78706

List of positive integer factors of 78706 that divides 78702 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 29, 46, 58, 59, 118, 667, 1334, 1357, 1711, 2714, 3422, 39353

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78702 and 78706. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78702 and 78706 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78702 and 78706