What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78710 and 78720?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78710 and 78720 is 10.

GCF(78710,78720) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78710 and 78720, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78710 and 78720.

How to find the GCF of 78710 and 78720?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78710 and 78720. After we will calculate the factors of 78710 and 78720 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78710

Prime factors of 78710 are 2, 5, 17, 463. Prime factorization of 78710 in exponential form is:

78710 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78720

Prime factors of 78720 are 2, 3, 5, 41. Prime factorization of 78720 in exponential form is:

78720 = 2⁷ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 78710

List of positive integer factors of 78710 that divides 78710 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 170, 463, 926, 2315, 4630, 7871, 15742, 39355

Step-4: Factors of 78720

List of positive integer factors of 78720 that divides 78710 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 41, 48, 60, 64, 80, 82, 96, 120, 123, 128, 160, 164, 192, 205, 240, 246, 320, 328, 384, 410, 480, 492, 615, 640, 656, 820, 960, 984, 1230, 1312, 1640, 1920, 1968, 2460, 2624, 3280, 3936, 4920, 5248, 6560, 7872, 9840, 13120, 15744, 19680, 26240, 39360

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78710 and 78720. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78710 and 78720 is 10.

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