What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78776 and 78796?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78776 and 78796 is 4.

GCF(78776,78796) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78776 and 78796, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78776 and 78796.

How to find the GCF of 78776 and 78796?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78776 and 78796. After we will calculate the factors of 78776 and 78796 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78776

Prime factors of 78776 are 2, 43, 229. Prime factorization of 78776 in exponential form is:

78776 = 2³ × 43¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78796

Prime factors of 78796 are 2, 19699. Prime factorization of 78796 in exponential form is:

78796 = 2² × 19699¹

Step-3: Factors of 78776

List of positive integer factors of 78776 that divides 78776 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 43, 86, 172, 229, 344, 458, 916, 1832, 9847, 19694, 39388

Step-4: Factors of 78796

List of positive integer factors of 78796 that divides 78776 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19699, 39398

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78776 and 78796. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78776 and 78796 is 4.

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