What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78856 and 78874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78856 and 78874 is 2.

GCF(78856,78874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78856 and 78874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78856 and 78874.

How to find the GCF of 78856 and 78874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78856 and 78874. After we will calculate the factors of 78856 and 78874 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 78874

Prime factors of 78874 are 2, 113, 349. Prime factorization of 78874 in exponential form is:

78874 = 2¹ × 113¹ × 349¹

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 78874

List of positive integer factors of 78874 that divides 78856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 113, 226, 349, 698, 39437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78856 and 78874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78856 and 78874 is 2.

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