What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77961 and 77968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77961 and 77968 is 1.

GCF(77961,77968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77961 and 77968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77961 and 77968.

How to find the GCF of 77961 and 77968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77961 and 77968. After we will calculate the factors of 77961 and 77968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77961

Prime factors of 77961 are 3, 13, 1999. Prime factorization of 77961 in exponential form is:

77961 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 77968

Prime factors of 77968 are 2, 11, 443. Prime factorization of 77968 in exponential form is:

77968 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 443¹

Step-3: Factors of 77961

List of positive integer factors of 77961 that divides 77961 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1999, 5997, 25987

Step-4: Factors of 77968

List of positive integer factors of 77968 that divides 77961 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 443, 886, 1772, 3544, 4873, 7088, 9746, 19492, 38984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77961 and 77968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77961 and 77968 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77961 and 77968