What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67960 and 67979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67960 and 67979 is 1.

GCF(67960,67979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67960 and 67979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67960 and 67979.

How to find the GCF of 67960 and 67979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67960 and 67979. After we will calculate the factors of 67960 and 67979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67960

Prime factors of 67960 are 2, 5, 1699. Prime factorization of 67960 in exponential form is:

67960 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1699¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 67979

Prime factors of 67979 are 67979. Prime factorization of 67979 in exponential form is:

67979 = 67979¹

Step-3: Factors of 67960

List of positive integer factors of 67960 that divides 67960 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1699, 3398, 6796, 8495, 13592, 16990, 33980

Step-4: Factors of 67979

List of positive integer factors of 67979 that divides 67960 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67960 and 67979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67960 and 67979 is 1.

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