What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78740 and 78747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78740 and 78747 is 1.

GCF(78740,78747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78740 and 78747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78740 and 78747.

How to find the GCF of 78740 and 78747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78740 and 78747. After we will calculate the factors of 78740 and 78747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78740

Prime factors of 78740 are 2, 5, 31, 127. Prime factorization of 78740 in exponential form is:

78740 = 2² × 5¹ × 31¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78747

Prime factors of 78747 are 3, 26249. Prime factorization of 78747 in exponential form is:

78747 = 3¹ × 26249¹

Step-3: Factors of 78740

List of positive integer factors of 78740 that divides 78740 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 31, 62, 124, 127, 155, 254, 310, 508, 620, 635, 1270, 2540, 3937, 7874, 15748, 19685, 39370

Step-4: Factors of 78747

List of positive integer factors of 78747 that divides 78740 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78740 and 78747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78740 and 78747 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78740 and 78747