What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79304 and 79318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79304 and 79318 is 2.

GCF(79304,79318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79304 and 79318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79304 and 79318.

How to find the GCF of 79304 and 79318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79304 and 79318. After we will calculate the factors of 79304 and 79318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79304

Prime factors of 79304 are 2, 23, 431. Prime factorization of 79304 in exponential form is:

79304 = 2³ × 23¹ × 431¹

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 79304

List of positive integer factors of 79304 that divides 79304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 23, 46, 92, 184, 431, 862, 1724, 3448, 9913, 19826, 39652

Step-4: Factors of 79318

List of positive integer factors of 79318 that divides 79304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79304 and 79318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79304 and 79318 is 2.

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