What is the Greatest Common Factor of 77982 and 78001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 77982 and 78001 is 1.

GCF(77982,78001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 77982 and 78001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 77982 and 78001.

How to find the GCF of 77982 and 78001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 77982 and 78001. After we will calculate the factors of 77982 and 78001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 77982

Prime factors of 77982 are 2, 3, 41, 317. Prime factorization of 77982 in exponential form is:

77982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 41¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78001

Prime factors of 78001 are 7, 11, 1013. Prime factorization of 78001 in exponential form is:

78001 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 1013¹

Step-3: Factors of 77982

List of positive integer factors of 77982 that divides 77982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 41, 82, 123, 246, 317, 634, 951, 1902, 12997, 25994, 38991

Step-4: Factors of 78001

List of positive integer factors of 78001 that divides 77982 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 1013, 7091, 11143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 77982 and 78001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 77982 and 78001 is 1.

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