What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78870 and 78875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78870 and 78875 is 5.

GCF(78870,78875) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78870 and 78875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78870 and 78875.

How to find the GCF of 78870 and 78875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78870 and 78875. After we will calculate the factors of 78870 and 78875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78870

Prime factors of 78870 are 2, 3, 5, 11, 239. Prime factorization of 78870 in exponential form is:

78870 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78875

Prime factors of 78875 are 5, 631. Prime factorization of 78875 in exponential form is:

78875 = 5³ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 78870

List of positive integer factors of 78870 that divides 78870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 30, 33, 55, 66, 110, 165, 239, 330, 478, 717, 1195, 1434, 2390, 2629, 3585, 5258, 7170, 7887, 13145, 15774, 26290, 39435

Step-4: Factors of 78875

List of positive integer factors of 78875 that divides 78870 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 125, 631, 3155, 15775

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78870 and 78875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78870 and 78875 is 5.

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