What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78766 and 78770?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78766 and 78770 is 2.

GCF(78766,78770) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78766 and 78770, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78766 and 78770.

How to find the GCF of 78766 and 78770?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78766 and 78770. After we will calculate the factors of 78766 and 78770 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78766

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

78766 = 2¹ × 39383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78770

Prime factors of 78770 are 2, 5, 7877. Prime factorization of 78770 in exponential form is:

78770 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7877¹

Step-3: Factors of 78766

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

1, 2, 39383

Step-4: Factors of 78770

List of positive integer factors of 78770 that divides 78766 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7877, 15754, 39385

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78766 and 78770. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78766 and 78770 is 2.

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