What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1077 and 1086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1077 and 1086 is 3.

GCF(1077,1086) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1077 and 1086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1077 and 1086.

How to find the GCF of 1077 and 1086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1077 and 1086. After we will calculate the factors of 1077 and 1086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1077

Prime factors of 1077 are 3, 359. Prime factorization of 1077 in exponential form is:

1077 = 3¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 1086

Prime factors of 1086 are 2, 3, 181. Prime factorization of 1086 in exponential form is:

1086 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 1077

List of positive integer factors of 1077 that divides 1077 without a remainder.

1, 3, 359

Step-4: Factors of 1086

List of positive integer factors of 1086 that divides 1077 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 181, 362, 543

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1077 and 1086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1077 and 1086 is 3.

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