What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79692 and 79707?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79692 and 79707 is 3.

GCF(79692,79707) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79692 and 79707, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79692 and 79707.

How to find the GCF of 79692 and 79707?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79692 and 79707. After we will calculate the factors of 79692 and 79707 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79692

Prime factors of 79692 are 2, 3, 29, 229. Prime factorization of 79692 in exponential form is:

79692 = 2² × 3¹ × 29¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79707

Prime factors of 79707 are 3, 163. Prime factorization of 79707 in exponential form is:

79707 = 3¹ × 163²

Step-3: Factors of 79692

List of positive integer factors of 79692 that divides 79692 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 29, 58, 87, 116, 174, 229, 348, 458, 687, 916, 1374, 2748, 6641, 13282, 19923, 26564, 39846

Step-4: Factors of 79707

List of positive integer factors of 79707 that divides 79692 without a remainder.

1, 3, 163, 489, 26569

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79692 and 79707. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79692 and 79707 is 3.

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