What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79802 and 79806?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79802 and 79806 is 2.

GCF(79802,79806) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79802 and 79806, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79802 and 79806.

How to find the GCF of 79802 and 79806?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79802 and 79806. After we will calculate the factors of 79802 and 79806 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79802

Prime factors of 79802 are 2, 39901. Prime factorization of 79802 in exponential form is:

79802 = 2¹ × 39901¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79806

Prime factors of 79806 are 2, 3, 47, 283. Prime factorization of 79806 in exponential form is:

79806 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 79802

List of positive integer factors of 79802 that divides 79802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 39901

Step-4: Factors of 79806

List of positive integer factors of 79806 that divides 79802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 282, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 13301, 26602, 39903

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79802 and 79806. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79802 and 79806 is 2.

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