What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67973 and 67978?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67973 and 67978 is 1.

GCF(67973,67978) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67973 and 67978, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67973 and 67978.

How to find the GCF of 67973 and 67978?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67973 and 67978. After we will calculate the factors of 67973 and 67978 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 67973

Prime factors of 67973 are 101, 673. Prime factorization of 67973 in exponential form is:

67973 = 101¹ × 673¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 67978

Prime factors of 67978 are 2, 41, 829. Prime factorization of 67978 in exponential form is:

67978 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 829¹

Step-3: Factors of 67973

List of positive integer factors of 67973 that divides 67973 without a remainder.

1, 101, 673

Step-4: Factors of 67978

List of positive integer factors of 67978 that divides 67973 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 829, 1658, 33989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67973 and 67978. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67973 and 67978 is 1.

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