What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78856 and 78868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78856 and 78868 is 4.

GCF(78856,78868) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78856 and 78868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78856 and 78868.

How to find the GCF of 78856 and 78868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78856 and 78868. After we will calculate the factors of 78856 and 78868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78856

Prime factors of 78856 are 2, 9857. Prime factorization of 78856 in exponential form is:

78856 = 2³ × 9857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78868

Prime factors of 78868 are 2, 19717. Prime factorization of 78868 in exponential form is:

78868 = 2² × 19717¹

Step-3: Factors of 78856

List of positive integer factors of 78856 that divides 78856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9857, 19714, 39428

Step-4: Factors of 78868

List of positive integer factors of 78868 that divides 78856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19717, 39434

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78856 and 78868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78856 and 78868 is 4.

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