What is the Greatest Common Factor of 76962 and 76979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 76962 and 76979 is 1.

GCF(76962,76979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 76962 and 76979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 76962 and 76979.

How to find the GCF of 76962 and 76979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 76962 and 76979. After we will calculate the factors of 76962 and 76979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 76962

Prime factors of 76962 are 2, 3, 101, 127. Prime factorization of 76962 in exponential form is:

76962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 101¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 76979

Prime factors of 76979 are 7, 1571. Prime factorization of 76979 in exponential form is:

76979 = 7² × 1571¹

Step-3: Factors of 76962

List of positive integer factors of 76962 that divides 76962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 101, 127, 202, 254, 303, 381, 606, 762, 12827, 25654, 38481

Step-4: Factors of 76979

List of positive integer factors of 76979 that divides 76962 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 1571, 10997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 76962 and 76979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 76962 and 76979 is 1.

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