What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77242 and 77253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77242 and 77253 is 11.

GCF(77242,77253) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77242 and 77253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77242 and 77253.

How to find the GCF of 77242 and 77253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77242 and 77253. After we will calculate the factors of 77242 and 77253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77242

Prime factors of 77242 are 2, 11, 3511. Prime factorization of 77242 in exponential form is:

77242 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3511¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77253

Prime factors of 77253 are 3, 11, 2341. Prime factorization of 77253 in exponential form is:

77253 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2341¹

Step-3: Factors of 77242

List of positive integer factors of 77242 that divides 77242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3511, 7022, 38621

Step-4: Factors of 77253

List of positive integer factors of 77253 that divides 77242 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2341, 7023, 25751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77242 and 77253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77242 and 77253 is 11.

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