What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78758 and 78766?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78758 and 78766 is 2.

GCF(78758,78766) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78758 and 78766, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78758 and 78766.

How to find the GCF of 78758 and 78766?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78758 and 78766. After we will calculate the factors of 78758 and 78766 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78758

Prime factors of 78758 are 2, 53, 743. Prime factorization of 78758 in exponential form is:

78758 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78766

Prime factors of 78766 are 2, 39383. Prime factorization of 78766 in exponential form is:

78766 = 2¹ × 39383¹

Step-3: Factors of 78758

List of positive integer factors of 78758 that divides 78758 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 743, 1486, 39379

Step-4: Factors of 78766

List of positive integer factors of 78766 that divides 78758 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39383

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78758 and 78766. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78758 and 78766 is 2.

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