What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78782 and 78796?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78782 and 78796 is 2.

GCF(78782,78796) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78782 and 78796, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78782 and 78796.

How to find the GCF of 78782 and 78796?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78782 and 78796. After we will calculate the factors of 78782 and 78796 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78782

Prime factors of 78782 are 2, 11, 3581. Prime factorization of 78782 in exponential form is:

78782 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3581¹

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 78782

List of positive integer factors of 78782 that divides 78782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3581, 7162, 39391

Step-4: Factors of 78796

List of positive integer factors of 78796 that divides 78782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19699, 39398

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78782 and 78796. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78782 and 78796 is 2.

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