What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23863 and 23877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23863 and 23877 is 7.

GCF(23863,23877) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23863 and 23877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23863 and 23877.

How to find the GCF of 23863 and 23877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23863 and 23877. After we will calculate the factors of 23863 and 23877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23863

Prime factors of 23863 are 7, 487. Prime factorization of 23863 in exponential form is:

23863 = 7² × 487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23877

Prime factors of 23877 are 3, 7, 379. Prime factorization of 23877 in exponential form is:

23877 = 3² × 7¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 23863

List of positive integer factors of 23863 that divides 23863 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 487, 3409

Step-4: Factors of 23877

List of positive integer factors of 23877 that divides 23863 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 379, 1137, 2653, 3411, 7959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23863 and 23877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23863 and 23877 is 7.

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