What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7973 and 7987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7973 and 7987 is 7.

GCF(7973,7987) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7973 and 7987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7973 and 7987.

How to find the GCF of 7973 and 7987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7973 and 7987. After we will calculate the factors of 7973 and 7987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7973

Prime factors of 7973 are 7, 17, 67. Prime factorization of 7973 in exponential form is:

7973 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7987

Prime factors of 7987 are 7, 163. Prime factorization of 7987 in exponential form is:

7987 = 7² × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 7973

List of positive integer factors of 7973 that divides 7973 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 67, 119, 469, 1139

Step-4: Factors of 7987

List of positive integer factors of 7987 that divides 7973 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 163, 1141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7973 and 7987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7973 and 7987 is 7.

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