What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77412 and 77427?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77412 and 77427 is 3.

GCF(77412,77427) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77412 and 77427, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77412 and 77427.

How to find the GCF of 77412 and 77427?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77412 and 77427. After we will calculate the factors of 77412 and 77427 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77412

Prime factors of 77412 are 2, 3, 6451. Prime factorization of 77412 in exponential form is:

77412 = 2² × 3¹ × 6451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77427

Prime factors of 77427 are 3, 7, 1229. Prime factorization of 77427 in exponential form is:

77427 = 3² × 7¹ × 1229¹

Step-3: Factors of 77412

List of positive integer factors of 77412 that divides 77412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 6451, 12902, 19353, 25804, 38706

Step-4: Factors of 77427

List of positive integer factors of 77427 that divides 77412 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 1229, 3687, 8603, 11061, 25809

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77412 and 77427. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77412 and 77427 is 3.

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