What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79340 and 79346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79340 and 79346 is 2.

GCF(79340,79346) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79340 and 79346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79340 and 79346.

How to find the GCF of 79340 and 79346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79340 and 79346. After we will calculate the factors of 79340 and 79346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79340

Prime factors of 79340 are 2, 5, 3967. Prime factorization of 79340 in exponential form is:

79340 = 2² × 5¹ × 3967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79346

Prime factors of 79346 are 2, 97, 409. Prime factorization of 79346 in exponential form is:

79346 = 2¹ × 97¹ × 409¹

Step-3: Factors of 79340

List of positive integer factors of 79340 that divides 79340 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3967, 7934, 15868, 19835, 39670

Step-4: Factors of 79346

List of positive integer factors of 79346 that divides 79340 without a remainder.

1, 2, 97, 194, 409, 818, 39673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79340 and 79346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79340 and 79346 is 2.

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