What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37978 and 37987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37978 and 37987 is 1.

GCF(37978,37987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37978 and 37987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37978 and 37987.

How to find the GCF of 37978 and 37987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37978 and 37987. After we will calculate the factors of 37978 and 37987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37978

Prime factors of 37978 are 2, 17, 1117. Prime factorization of 37978 in exponential form is:

37978 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1117¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37987

Prime factors of 37987 are 37987. Prime factorization of 37987 in exponential form is:

37987 = 37987¹

Step-3: Factors of 37978

List of positive integer factors of 37978 that divides 37978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1117, 2234, 18989

Step-4: Factors of 37987

List of positive integer factors of 37987 that divides 37978 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37978 and 37987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37978 and 37987 is 1.

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