What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77968 and 77987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77968 and 77987 is 1.

GCF(77968,77987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77968 and 77987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77968 and 77987.

How to find the GCF of 77968 and 77987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77968 and 77987. After we will calculate the factors of 77968 and 77987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 77987

Prime factors of 77987 are 7, 13, 857. Prime factorization of 77987 in exponential form is:

77987 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 857¹

Step-3: Factors of 77968

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 77987

List of positive integer factors of 77987 that divides 77968 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 857, 5999, 11141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77968 and 77987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77968 and 77987 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 77968 and 77987