What is the Greatest Common Factor of 67978 and 67987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 67978 and 67987 is 1.

GCF(67978,67987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 67978 and 67987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 67978 and 67987.

How to find the GCF of 67978 and 67987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 67978 and 67987. After we will calculate the factors of 67978 and 67987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 67987

Prime factors of 67987 are 67987. Prime factorization of 67987 in exponential form is:

67987 = 67987¹

Step-3: Factors of 67978

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 67987

List of positive integer factors of 67987 that divides 67978 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 67978 and 67987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 67978 and 67987 is 1.

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