What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23971 and 23978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23971 and 23978 is 1.

GCF(23971,23978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23971 and 23978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23971 and 23978.

How to find the GCF of 23971 and 23978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23971 and 23978. After we will calculate the factors of 23971 and 23978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23971

Prime factors of 23971 are 23971. Prime factorization of 23971 in exponential form is:

23971 = 23971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23978

Prime factors of 23978 are 2, 19, 631. Prime factorization of 23978 in exponential form is:

23978 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 23971

List of positive integer factors of 23971 that divides 23971 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 23978

List of positive integer factors of 23978 that divides 23971 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 631, 1262, 11989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23971 and 23978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23971 and 23978 is 1.

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