What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25972 and 25977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25972 and 25977 is 1.

GCF(25972,25977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25972 and 25977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25972 and 25977.

How to find the GCF of 25972 and 25977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25972 and 25977. After we will calculate the factors of 25972 and 25977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 25972

Prime factors of 25972 are 2, 43, 151. Prime factorization of 25972 in exponential form is:

25972 = 2² × 43¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 25977

Prime factors of 25977 are 3, 7, 1237. Prime factorization of 25977 in exponential form is:

25977 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1237¹

Step-3: Factors of 25972

List of positive integer factors of 25972 that divides 25972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 151, 172, 302, 604, 6493, 12986

Step-4: Factors of 25977

List of positive integer factors of 25977 that divides 25972 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1237, 3711, 8659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25972 and 25977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25972 and 25977 is 1.

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