What is the Greatest Common Factor of 69979 and 69986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 69979 and 69986 is 7.

GCF(69979,69986) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 69979 and 69986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 69979 and 69986.

How to find the GCF of 69979 and 69986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 69979 and 69986. After we will calculate the factors of 69979 and 69986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 69979

Prime factors of 69979 are 7, 13, 769. Prime factorization of 69979 in exponential form is:

69979 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 769¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 69986

Prime factors of 69986 are 2, 7, 4999. Prime factorization of 69986 in exponential form is:

69986 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4999¹

Step-3: Factors of 69979

List of positive integer factors of 69979 that divides 69979 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 769, 5383, 9997

Step-4: Factors of 69986

List of positive integer factors of 69986 that divides 69979 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4999, 9998, 34993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 69979 and 69986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 69979 and 69986 is 7.

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