What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34872 and 34877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34872 and 34877 is 1.

GCF(34872,34877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34872 and 34877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34872 and 34877.

How to find the GCF of 34872 and 34877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34872 and 34877. After we will calculate the factors of 34872 and 34877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34872

Prime factors of 34872 are 2, 3, 1453. Prime factorization of 34872 in exponential form is:

34872 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1453¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34877

Prime factors of 34877 are 34877. Prime factorization of 34877 in exponential form is:

34877 = 34877¹

Step-3: Factors of 34872

List of positive integer factors of 34872 that divides 34872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1453, 2906, 4359, 5812, 8718, 11624, 17436

Step-4: Factors of 34877

List of positive integer factors of 34877 that divides 34872 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34872 and 34877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34872 and 34877 is 1.

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