What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78727 and 78734?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78727 and 78734 is 1.

GCF(78727,78734) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78727 and 78734, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78727 and 78734.

How to find the GCF of 78727 and 78734?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78727 and 78734. After we will calculate the factors of 78727 and 78734 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78727

Prime factors of 78727 are 11, 17, 421. Prime factorization of 78727 in exponential form is:

78727 = 11¹ × 17¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78734

Prime factors of 78734 are 2, 39367. Prime factorization of 78734 in exponential form is:

78734 = 2¹ × 39367¹

Step-3: Factors of 78727

List of positive integer factors of 78727 that divides 78727 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 187, 421, 4631, 7157

Step-4: Factors of 78734

List of positive integer factors of 78734 that divides 78727 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39367

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78727 and 78734. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78727 and 78734 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78727 and 78734