What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70978 and 70993?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70978 and 70993 is 1.

GCF(70978,70993) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70978 and 70993, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70978 and 70993.

How to find the GCF of 70978 and 70993?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70978 and 70993. After we will calculate the factors of 70978 and 70993 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70978

Prime factors of 70978 are 2, 23, 1543. Prime factorization of 70978 in exponential form is:

70978 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70993

Prime factors of 70993 are 13, 43, 127. Prime factorization of 70993 in exponential form is:

70993 = 13¹ × 43¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 70978

List of positive integer factors of 70978 that divides 70978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1543, 3086, 35489

Step-4: Factors of 70993

List of positive integer factors of 70993 that divides 70978 without a remainder.

1, 13, 43, 127, 559, 1651, 5461

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70978 and 70993. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70978 and 70993 is 1.

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