What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79044 and 79062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79044 and 79062 is 6.

GCF(79044,79062) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79044 and 79062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79044 and 79062.

How to find the GCF of 79044 and 79062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79044 and 79062. After we will calculate the factors of 79044 and 79062 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79044

Prime factors of 79044 are 2, 3, 7, 941. Prime factorization of 79044 in exponential form is:

79044 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79062

Prime factors of 79062 are 2, 3, 13177. Prime factorization of 79062 in exponential form is:

79062 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13177¹

Step-3: Factors of 79044

List of positive integer factors of 79044 that divides 79044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 941, 1882, 2823, 3764, 5646, 6587, 11292, 13174, 19761, 26348, 39522

Step-4: Factors of 79062

List of positive integer factors of 79062 that divides 79044 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13177, 26354, 39531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79044 and 79062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79044 and 79062 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 79044 and 79062