What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79748 and 79766?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79748 and 79766 is 2.

GCF(79748,79766) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79748 and 79766, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79748 and 79766.

How to find the GCF of 79748 and 79766?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79748 and 79766. After we will calculate the factors of 79748 and 79766 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79748

Prime factors of 79748 are 2, 19937. Prime factorization of 79748 in exponential form is:

79748 = 2² × 19937¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79766

Prime factors of 79766 are 2, 39883. Prime factorization of 79766 in exponential form is:

79766 = 2¹ × 39883¹

Step-3: Factors of 79748

List of positive integer factors of 79748 that divides 79748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19937, 39874

Step-4: Factors of 79766

List of positive integer factors of 79766 that divides 79748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39883

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79748 and 79766. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79748 and 79766 is 2.

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