What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77233 and 77246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77233 and 77246 is 13.

GCF(77233,77246) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77233 and 77246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77233 and 77246.

How to find the GCF of 77233 and 77246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77233 and 77246. After we will calculate the factors of 77233 and 77246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77233

Prime factors of 77233 are 13, 457. Prime factorization of 77233 in exponential form is:

77233 = 13² × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77246

Prime factors of 77246 are 2, 13, 2971. Prime factorization of 77246 in exponential form is:

77246 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2971¹

Step-3: Factors of 77233

List of positive integer factors of 77233 that divides 77233 without a remainder.

1, 13, 169, 457, 5941

Step-4: Factors of 77246

List of positive integer factors of 77246 that divides 77233 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2971, 5942, 38623

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77233 and 77246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77233 and 77246 is 13.

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