What is the Greatest Common Factor of 25972 and 25979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 25972 and 25979 is 1.

GCF(25972,25979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 25972 and 25979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 25972 and 25979.

How to find the GCF of 25972 and 25979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 25972 and 25979. After we will calculate the factors of 25972 and 25979 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 25979

Prime factors of 25979 are 83, 313. Prime factorization of 25979 in exponential form is:

25979 = 83¹ × 313¹

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 25979

List of positive integer factors of 25979 that divides 25972 without a remainder.

1, 83, 313

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 25972 and 25979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 25972 and 25979 is 1.

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