What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79572 and 79582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79572 and 79582 is 2.

GCF(79572,79582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79572 and 79582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79572 and 79582.

How to find the GCF of 79572 and 79582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79572 and 79582. After we will calculate the factors of 79572 and 79582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79572

Prime factors of 79572 are 2, 3, 19, 349. Prime factorization of 79572 in exponential form is:

79572 = 2² × 3¹ × 19¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79582

Prime factors of 79582 are 2, 39791. Prime factorization of 79582 in exponential form is:

79582 = 2¹ × 39791¹

Step-3: Factors of 79572

List of positive integer factors of 79572 that divides 79572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 19, 38, 57, 76, 114, 228, 349, 698, 1047, 1396, 2094, 4188, 6631, 13262, 19893, 26524, 39786

Step-4: Factors of 79582

List of positive integer factors of 79582 that divides 79572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79572 and 79582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79572 and 79582 is 2.

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