What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23961 and 23981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23961 and 23981 is 1.

GCF(23961,23981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23961 and 23981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23961 and 23981.

How to find the GCF of 23961 and 23981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23961 and 23981. After we will calculate the factors of 23961 and 23981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23961

Prime factors of 23961 are 3, 7, 163. Prime factorization of 23961 in exponential form is:

23961 = 3¹ × 7² × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23981

Prime factors of 23981 are 23981. Prime factorization of 23981 in exponential form is:

23981 = 23981¹

Step-3: Factors of 23961

List of positive integer factors of 23961 that divides 23961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 163, 489, 1141, 3423, 7987

Step-4: Factors of 23981

List of positive integer factors of 23981 that divides 23961 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23961 and 23981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23961 and 23981 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23961 and 23981