What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76953 and 76959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76953 and 76959 is 3.

GCF(76953,76959) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76953 and 76959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76953 and 76959.

How to find the GCF of 76953 and 76959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76953 and 76959. After we will calculate the factors of 76953 and 76959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76953

Prime factors of 76953 are 3, 113, 227. Prime factorization of 76953 in exponential form is:

76953 = 3¹ × 113¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76959

Prime factors of 76959 are 3, 17, 503. Prime factorization of 76959 in exponential form is:

76959 = 3² × 17¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 76953

List of positive integer factors of 76953 that divides 76953 without a remainder.

1, 3, 113, 227, 339, 681, 25651

Step-4: Factors of 76959

List of positive integer factors of 76959 that divides 76953 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 503, 1509, 4527, 8551, 25653

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76953 and 76959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76953 and 76959 is 3.

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