What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66961 and 66981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66961 and 66981 is 1.

GCF(66961,66981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66961 and 66981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66961 and 66981.

How to find the GCF of 66961 and 66981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66961 and 66981. After we will calculate the factors of 66961 and 66981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66961

Prime factors of 66961 are 29, 2309. Prime factorization of 66961 in exponential form is:

66961 = 29¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66981

Prime factors of 66981 are 3, 83, 269. Prime factorization of 66981 in exponential form is:

66981 = 3¹ × 83¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 66961

List of positive integer factors of 66961 that divides 66961 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2309

Step-4: Factors of 66981

List of positive integer factors of 66981 that divides 66961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 83, 249, 269, 807, 22327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66961 and 66981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66961 and 66981 is 1.

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