What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80738 and 80742?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80738 and 80742 is 2.

GCF(80738,80742) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80738 and 80742, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80738 and 80742.

How to find the GCF of 80738 and 80742?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80738 and 80742. After we will calculate the factors of 80738 and 80742 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80738

Prime factors of 80738 are 2, 7, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 80738 in exponential form is:

80738 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80742

Prime factors of 80742 are 2, 3, 13457. Prime factorization of 80742 in exponential form is:

80742 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13457¹

Step-3: Factors of 80738

List of positive integer factors of 80738 that divides 80738 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 73, 79, 146, 158, 511, 553, 1022, 1106, 5767, 11534, 40369

Step-4: Factors of 80742

List of positive integer factors of 80742 that divides 80738 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13457, 26914, 40371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80738 and 80742. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80738 and 80742 is 2.

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