What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80978 and 80988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80978 and 80988 is 2.

GCF(80978,80988) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80978 and 80988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80978 and 80988.

How to find the GCF of 80978 and 80988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80978 and 80988. After we will calculate the factors of 80978 and 80988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80978

Prime factors of 80978 are 2, 19, 2131. Prime factorization of 80978 in exponential form is:

80978 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80988

Prime factors of 80988 are 2, 3, 17, 397. Prime factorization of 80988 in exponential form is:

80988 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 80978

List of positive integer factors of 80978 that divides 80978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2131, 4262, 40489

Step-4: Factors of 80988

List of positive integer factors of 80988 that divides 80978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 204, 397, 794, 1191, 1588, 2382, 4764, 6749, 13498, 20247, 26996, 40494

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80978 and 80988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80978 and 80988 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 80978 and 80988