What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70972 and 70979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70972 and 70979 is 1.

GCF(70972,70979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70972 and 70979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70972 and 70979.

How to find the GCF of 70972 and 70979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70972 and 70979. After we will calculate the factors of 70972 and 70979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70972

Prime factors of 70972 are 2, 11, 1613. Prime factorization of 70972 in exponential form is:

70972 = 2² × 11¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70979

Prime factors of 70979 are 70979. Prime factorization of 70979 in exponential form is:

70979 = 70979¹

Step-3: Factors of 70972

List of positive integer factors of 70972 that divides 70972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1613, 3226, 6452, 17743, 35486

Step-4: Factors of 70979

List of positive integer factors of 70979 that divides 70972 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70972 and 70979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70972 and 70979 is 1.

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