What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77157 and 77169?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77157 and 77169 is 3.

GCF(77157,77169) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77157 and 77169, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77157 and 77169.

How to find the GCF of 77157 and 77169?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77157 and 77169. After we will calculate the factors of 77157 and 77169 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77157

Prime factors of 77157 are 3, 8573. Prime factorization of 77157 in exponential form is:

77157 = 3² × 8573¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77169

Prime factors of 77169 are 3, 29, 887. Prime factorization of 77169 in exponential form is:

77169 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 77157

List of positive integer factors of 77157 that divides 77157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8573, 25719

Step-4: Factors of 77169

List of positive integer factors of 77169 that divides 77157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 887, 2661, 25723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77157 and 77169. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77157 and 77169 is 3.

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