What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77 and 90?
Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77 and 90 is 1.
GCF(77,90) = 1
We will now calculate the prime factors of 77 and 90, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77 and 90.
How to find the GCF of 77 and 90?
We will first find the prime factorization of 77 and 90. After we will calculate the factors of 77 and 90 and find the biggest common factor number .
Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77
Prime factors of 77 are 7, 11. Prime factorization of 77 in exponential form is:
77 = 71 × 111
Step-2: Prime Factorization of 90
Prime factors of 90 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 90 in exponential form is:
90 = 21 × 32 × 51
Step-3: Factors of 77
List of positive integer factors of 77 that divides 77 without a remainder.
1, 7, 11
Step-4: Factors of 90
List of positive integer factors of 90 that divides 77 without a remainder.
1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45
Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number
We found the factors and prime factorization of 77 and 90. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77 and 90 is 1.
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