What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79330 and 79342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79330 and 79342 is 2.

GCF(79330,79342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79330 and 79342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79330 and 79342.

How to find the GCF of 79330 and 79342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79330 and 79342. After we will calculate the factors of 79330 and 79342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79330

Prime factors of 79330 are 2, 5, 7933. Prime factorization of 79330 in exponential form is:

79330 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79342

Prime factors of 79342 are 2, 39671. Prime factorization of 79342 in exponential form is:

79342 = 2¹ × 39671¹

Step-3: Factors of 79330

List of positive integer factors of 79330 that divides 79330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7933, 15866, 39665

Step-4: Factors of 79342

List of positive integer factors of 79342 that divides 79330 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39671

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79330 and 79342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79330 and 79342 is 2.

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