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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78902 and 78920?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78902 and 78920 is 2.

GCF(78902,78920) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78902 and 78920, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78902 and 78920.

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How to find the GCF of 78902 and 78920?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78902 and 78920. After we will calculate the factors of 78902 and 78920 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78902

Prime factors of 78902 are 2, 39451. Prime factorization of 78902 in exponential form is:

78902 = 21 × 394511

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78920

Prime factors of 78920 are 2, 5, 1973. Prime factorization of 78920 in exponential form is:

78920 = 23 × 51 × 19731

Step-3: Factors of 78902

List of positive integer factors of 78902 that divides 78902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39451

Step-4: Factors of 78920

List of positive integer factors of 78920 that divides 78902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1973, 3946, 7892, 9865, 15784, 19730, 39460

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78902 and 78920. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78902 and 78920 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78902 and 78920