What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19779 and 19797?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19779 and 19797 is 3.

GCF(19779,19797) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19779 and 19797, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19779 and 19797.

How to find the GCF of 19779 and 19797?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19779 and 19797. After we will calculate the factors of 19779 and 19797 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19779

Prime factors of 19779 are 3, 19, 347. Prime factorization of 19779 in exponential form is:

19779 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19797

Prime factors of 19797 are 3, 6599. Prime factorization of 19797 in exponential form is:

19797 = 3¹ × 6599¹

Step-3: Factors of 19779

List of positive integer factors of 19779 that divides 19779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 347, 1041, 6593

Step-4: Factors of 19797

List of positive integer factors of 19797 that divides 19779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 6599

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19779 and 19797. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19779 and 19797 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 19779 and 19797