What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78947 and 78962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78947 and 78962 is 1.

GCF(78947,78962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78947 and 78962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78947 and 78962.

How to find the GCF of 78947 and 78962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78947 and 78962. After we will calculate the factors of 78947 and 78962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78947

Prime factors of 78947 are 11, 7177. Prime factorization of 78947 in exponential form is:

78947 = 11¹ × 7177¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78962

Prime factors of 78962 are 2, 13, 3037. Prime factorization of 78962 in exponential form is:

78962 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3037¹

Step-3: Factors of 78947

List of positive integer factors of 78947 that divides 78947 without a remainder.

1, 11, 7177

Step-4: Factors of 78962

List of positive integer factors of 78962 that divides 78947 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3037, 6074, 39481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78947 and 78962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78947 and 78962 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78947 and 78962