What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78983 and 78989?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78983 and 78989 is 1.

GCF(78983,78989) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78983 and 78989, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78983 and 78989.

How to find the GCF of 78983 and 78989?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78983 and 78989. After we will calculate the factors of 78983 and 78989 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78983

Prime factors of 78983 are 19, 4157. Prime factorization of 78983 in exponential form is:

78983 = 19¹ × 4157¹

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 78983

List of positive integer factors of 78983 that divides 78983 without a remainder.

1, 19, 4157

Step-4: Factors of 78989

List of positive integer factors of 78989 that divides 78983 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78983 and 78989. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78983 and 78989 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 78983 and 78989