What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79298 and 79318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79298 and 79318 is 2.

GCF(79298,79318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79298 and 79318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79298 and 79318.

How to find the GCF of 79298 and 79318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79298 and 79318. After we will calculate the factors of 79298 and 79318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79298

Prime factors of 79298 are 2, 31, 1279. Prime factorization of 79298 in exponential form is:

79298 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 1279¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79318

Prime factors of 79318 are 2, 39659. Prime factorization of 79318 in exponential form is:

79318 = 2¹ × 39659¹

Step-3: Factors of 79298

List of positive integer factors of 79298 that divides 79298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 1279, 2558, 39649

Step-4: Factors of 79318

List of positive integer factors of 79318 that divides 79298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79298 and 79318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79298 and 79318 is 2.

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