What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23871 and 23876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23871 and 23876 is 1.

GCF(23871,23876) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23871 and 23876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23871 and 23876.

How to find the GCF of 23871 and 23876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23871 and 23876. After we will calculate the factors of 23871 and 23876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23871

Prime factors of 23871 are 3, 73, 109. Prime factorization of 23871 in exponential form is:

23871 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23876

Prime factors of 23876 are 2, 47, 127. Prime factorization of 23876 in exponential form is:

23876 = 2² × 47¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 23871

List of positive integer factors of 23871 that divides 23871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 109, 219, 327, 7957

Step-4: Factors of 23876

List of positive integer factors of 23876 that divides 23871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 47, 94, 127, 188, 254, 508, 5969, 11938

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23871 and 23876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23871 and 23876 is 1.

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