What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79815 and 79832?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79815 and 79832 is 17.

GCF(79815,79832) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79815 and 79832, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79815 and 79832.

How to find the GCF of 79815 and 79832?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79815 and 79832. After we will calculate the factors of 79815 and 79832 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79815

Prime factors of 79815 are 3, 5, 17, 313. Prime factorization of 79815 in exponential form is:

79815 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 313¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79832

Prime factors of 79832 are 2, 17, 587. Prime factorization of 79832 in exponential form is:

79832 = 2³ × 17¹ × 587¹

Step-3: Factors of 79815

List of positive integer factors of 79815 that divides 79815 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255, 313, 939, 1565, 4695, 5321, 15963, 26605

Step-4: Factors of 79832

List of positive integer factors of 79832 that divides 79815 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 587, 1174, 2348, 4696, 9979, 19958, 39916

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79815 and 79832. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79815 and 79832 is 17.

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