What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79518 and 79528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79518 and 79528 is 2.

GCF(79518,79528) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79518 and 79528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79518 and 79528.

How to find the GCF of 79518 and 79528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79518 and 79528. After we will calculate the factors of 79518 and 79528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79518

Prime factors of 79518 are 2, 3, 29, 457. Prime factorization of 79518 in exponential form is:

79518 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79528

Prime factors of 79528 are 2, 9941. Prime factorization of 79528 in exponential form is:

79528 = 2³ × 9941¹

Step-3: Factors of 79518

List of positive integer factors of 79518 that divides 79518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 457, 914, 1371, 2742, 13253, 26506, 39759

Step-4: Factors of 79528

List of positive integer factors of 79528 that divides 79518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9941, 19882, 39764

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79518 and 79528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79518 and 79528 is 2.

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