What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67779 and 67796?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67779 and 67796 is 17.

GCF(67779,67796) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67779 and 67796, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67779 and 67796.

How to find the GCF of 67779 and 67796?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67779 and 67796. After we will calculate the factors of 67779 and 67796 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67779

Prime factors of 67779 are 3, 17, 443. Prime factorization of 67779 in exponential form is:

67779 = 3² × 17¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 67796

Prime factors of 67796 are 2, 17, 997. Prime factorization of 67796 in exponential form is:

67796 = 2² × 17¹ × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 67779

List of positive integer factors of 67779 that divides 67779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 443, 1329, 3987, 7531, 22593

Step-4: Factors of 67796

List of positive integer factors of 67796 that divides 67779 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 997, 1994, 3988, 16949, 33898

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67779 and 67796. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67779 and 67796 is 17.

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