What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61966 and 61977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61966 and 61977 is 1.

GCF(61966,61977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61966 and 61977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61966 and 61977.

How to find the GCF of 61966 and 61977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61966 and 61977. After we will calculate the factors of 61966 and 61977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61966

Prime factors of 61966 are 2, 30983. Prime factorization of 61966 in exponential form is:

61966 = 2¹ × 30983¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61977

Prime factors of 61977 are 3, 73, 283. Prime factorization of 61977 in exponential form is:

61977 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 61966

List of positive integer factors of 61966 that divides 61966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 30983

Step-4: Factors of 61977

List of positive integer factors of 61977 that divides 61966 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 219, 283, 849, 20659

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61966 and 61977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61966 and 61977 is 1.

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