What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78481 and 78494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78481 and 78494 is 13.

GCF(78481,78494) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78481 and 78494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78481 and 78494.

How to find the GCF of 78481 and 78494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78481 and 78494. After we will calculate the factors of 78481 and 78494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78481

Prime factors of 78481 are 13, 6037. Prime factorization of 78481 in exponential form is:

78481 = 13¹ × 6037¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78494

Prime factors of 78494 are 2, 13, 3019. Prime factorization of 78494 in exponential form is:

78494 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3019¹

Step-3: Factors of 78481

List of positive integer factors of 78481 that divides 78481 without a remainder.

1, 13, 6037

Step-4: Factors of 78494

List of positive integer factors of 78494 that divides 78481 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3019, 6038, 39247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78481 and 78494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78481 and 78494 is 13.

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