What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78979 and 78989?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78979 and 78989 is 1.

GCF(78979,78989) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78979 and 78989, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78979 and 78989.

How to find the GCF of 78979 and 78989?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78979 and 78989. After we will calculate the factors of 78979 and 78989 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78979

Prime factors of 78979 are 78979. Prime factorization of 78979 in exponential form is:

78979 = 78979¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 78989

Prime factors of 78989 are 78989. Prime factorization of 78989 in exponential form is:

78989 = 78989¹

Step-3: Factors of 78979

List of positive integer factors of 78979 that divides 78979 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 78989

List of positive integer factors of 78989 that divides 78979 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78979 and 78989. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78979 and 78989 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78979 and 78989