What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78598 and 78611?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78598 and 78611 is 13.

GCF(78598,78611) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78598 and 78611, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78598 and 78611.

How to find the GCF of 78598 and 78611?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78598 and 78611. After we will calculate the factors of 78598 and 78611 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78598

Prime factors of 78598 are 2, 13, 3023. Prime factorization of 78598 in exponential form is:

78598 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3023¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78611

Prime factors of 78611 are 13, 6047. Prime factorization of 78611 in exponential form is:

78611 = 13¹ × 6047¹

Step-3: Factors of 78598

List of positive integer factors of 78598 that divides 78598 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3023, 6046, 39299

Step-4: Factors of 78611

List of positive integer factors of 78611 that divides 78598 without a remainder.

1, 13, 6047

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78598 and 78611. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78598 and 78611 is 13.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78598 and 78611