What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77262 and 77271?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77262 and 77271 is 3.

GCF(77262,77271) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77262 and 77271, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77262 and 77271.

How to find the GCF of 77262 and 77271?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77262 and 77271. After we will calculate the factors of 77262 and 77271 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77262

Prime factors of 77262 are 2, 3, 79, 163. Prime factorization of 77262 in exponential form is:

77262 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77271

Prime factors of 77271 are 3, 43, 599. Prime factorization of 77271 in exponential form is:

77271 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 77262

List of positive integer factors of 77262 that divides 77262 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 158, 163, 237, 326, 474, 489, 978, 12877, 25754, 38631

Step-4: Factors of 77271

List of positive integer factors of 77271 that divides 77262 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 599, 1797, 25757

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77262 and 77271. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77262 and 77271 is 3.

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