What is the Greatest Common Factor of 78996 and 79013?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 78996 and 79013 is 1.

GCF(78996,79013) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 78996 and 79013, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 78996 and 79013.

How to find the GCF of 78996 and 79013?

We will first find the prime factorization of 78996 and 79013. After we will calculate the factors of 78996 and 79013 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 78996

Prime factors of 78996 are 2, 3, 29, 227. Prime factorization of 78996 in exponential form is:

78996 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79013

Prime factors of 79013 are 11, 653. Prime factorization of 79013 in exponential form is:

79013 = 11² × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 78996

List of positive integer factors of 78996 that divides 78996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 58, 87, 116, 174, 227, 348, 454, 681, 908, 1362, 2724, 6583, 13166, 19749, 26332, 39498

Step-4: Factors of 79013

List of positive integer factors of 79013 that divides 78996 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 653, 7183

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 78996 and 79013. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 78996 and 79013 is 1.

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