What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79242 and 79246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79242 and 79246 is 2.

GCF(79242,79246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79242 and 79246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79242 and 79246.

How to find the GCF of 79242 and 79246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79242 and 79246. After we will calculate the factors of 79242 and 79246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79242

Prime factors of 79242 are 2, 3, 47, 281. Prime factorization of 79242 in exponential form is:

79242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79246

Prime factors of 79246 are 2, 39623. Prime factorization of 79246 in exponential form is:

79246 = 2¹ × 39623¹

Step-3: Factors of 79242

List of positive integer factors of 79242 that divides 79242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 281, 282, 562, 843, 1686, 13207, 26414, 39621

Step-4: Factors of 79246

List of positive integer factors of 79246 that divides 79242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79242 and 79246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79242 and 79246 is 2.

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