What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7779 and 7788?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7779 and 7788 is 3.

GCF(7779,7788) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7779 and 7788, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7779 and 7788.

How to find the GCF of 7779 and 7788?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7779 and 7788. After we will calculate the factors of 7779 and 7788 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7779

Prime factors of 7779 are 3, 2593. Prime factorization of 7779 in exponential form is:

7779 = 3¹ × 2593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7788

Prime factors of 7788 are 2, 3, 11, 59. Prime factorization of 7788 in exponential form is:

7788 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 7779

List of positive integer factors of 7779 that divides 7779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 2593

Step-4: Factors of 7788

List of positive integer factors of 7788 that divides 7779 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 59, 66, 118, 132, 177, 236, 354, 649, 708, 1298, 1947, 2596, 3894

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7779 and 7788. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7779 and 7788 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7779 and 7788