What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79072 and 79078?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79072 and 79078 is 2.

GCF(79072,79078) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79072 and 79078, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79072 and 79078.

How to find the GCF of 79072 and 79078?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79072 and 79078. After we will calculate the factors of 79072 and 79078 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79072

Prime factors of 79072 are 2, 7, 353. Prime factorization of 79072 in exponential form is:

79072 = 2⁵ × 7¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79078

Prime factors of 79078 are 2, 19, 2081. Prime factorization of 79078 in exponential form is:

79078 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2081¹

Step-3: Factors of 79072

List of positive integer factors of 79072 that divides 79072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 32, 56, 112, 224, 353, 706, 1412, 2471, 2824, 4942, 5648, 9884, 11296, 19768, 39536

Step-4: Factors of 79078

List of positive integer factors of 79078 that divides 79072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2081, 4162, 39539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79072 and 79078. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79072 and 79078 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 79072 and 79078