What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66972 and 66979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66972 and 66979 is 1.

GCF(66972,66979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66972 and 66979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66972 and 66979.

How to find the GCF of 66972 and 66979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66972 and 66979. After we will calculate the factors of 66972 and 66979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66972

Prime factors of 66972 are 2, 3, 5581. Prime factorization of 66972 in exponential form is:

66972 = 2² × 3¹ × 5581¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66979

Prime factors of 66979 are 11, 6089. Prime factorization of 66979 in exponential form is:

66979 = 11¹ × 6089¹

Step-3: Factors of 66972

List of positive integer factors of 66972 that divides 66972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 5581, 11162, 16743, 22324, 33486

Step-4: Factors of 66979

List of positive integer factors of 66979 that divides 66972 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66972 and 66979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66972 and 66979 is 1.

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