What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7871 and 7878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7871 and 7878 is 1.

GCF(7871,7878) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7871 and 7878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7871 and 7878.

How to find the GCF of 7871 and 7878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7871 and 7878. After we will calculate the factors of 7871 and 7878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7871

Prime factors of 7871 are 17, 463. Prime factorization of 7871 in exponential form is:

7871 = 17¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7878

Prime factors of 7878 are 2, 3, 13, 101. Prime factorization of 7878 in exponential form is:

7878 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 7871

List of positive integer factors of 7871 that divides 7871 without a remainder.

1, 17, 463

Step-4: Factors of 7878

List of positive integer factors of 7878 that divides 7871 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 101, 202, 303, 606, 1313, 2626, 3939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7871 and 7878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7871 and 7878 is 1.

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