What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23871 and 23885?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23871 and 23885 is 1.

GCF(23871,23885) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23871 and 23885, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23871 and 23885.

How to find the GCF of 23871 and 23885?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23871 and 23885. After we will calculate the factors of 23871 and 23885 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 23885

Prime factors of 23885 are 5, 17, 281. Prime factorization of 23885 in exponential form is:

23885 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 281¹

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 23885

List of positive integer factors of 23885 that divides 23871 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 281, 1405, 4777

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23871 and 23885. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23871 and 23885 is 1.

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