What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78814 and 78818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78814 and 78818 is 2.

GCF(78814,78818) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78814 and 78818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78814 and 78818.

How to find the GCF of 78814 and 78818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78814 and 78818. After we will calculate the factors of 78814 and 78818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78814

Prime factors of 78814 are 2, 157, 251. Prime factorization of 78814 in exponential form is:

78814 = 2¹ × 157¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78818

Prime factors of 78818 are 2, 39409. Prime factorization of 78818 in exponential form is:

78818 = 2¹ × 39409¹

Step-3: Factors of 78814

List of positive integer factors of 78814 that divides 78814 without a remainder.

1, 2, 157, 251, 314, 502, 39407

Step-4: Factors of 78818

List of positive integer factors of 78818 that divides 78814 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78814 and 78818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78814 and 78818 is 2.

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