What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76881 and 76887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76881 and 76887 is 3.

GCF(76881,76887) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76881 and 76887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76881 and 76887.

How to find the GCF of 76881 and 76887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76881 and 76887. After we will calculate the factors of 76881 and 76887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76881

Prime factors of 76881 are 3, 7, 523. Prime factorization of 76881 in exponential form is:

76881 = 3¹ × 7² × 523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76887

Prime factors of 76887 are 3, 8543. Prime factorization of 76887 in exponential form is:

76887 = 3² × 8543¹

Step-3: Factors of 76881

List of positive integer factors of 76881 that divides 76881 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 523, 1569, 3661, 10983, 25627

Step-4: Factors of 76887

List of positive integer factors of 76887 that divides 76881 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8543, 25629

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76881 and 76887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76881 and 76887 is 3.

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