What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79851 and 79862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79851 and 79862 is 1.

GCF(79851,79862) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79851 and 79862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79851 and 79862.

How to find the GCF of 79851 and 79862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79851 and 79862. After we will calculate the factors of 79851 and 79862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79851

Prime factors of 79851 are 3, 43, 619. Prime factorization of 79851 in exponential form is:

79851 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79862

Prime factors of 79862 are 2, 73, 547. Prime factorization of 79862 in exponential form is:

79862 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 547¹

Step-3: Factors of 79851

List of positive integer factors of 79851 that divides 79851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 619, 1857, 26617

Step-4: Factors of 79862

List of positive integer factors of 79862 that divides 79851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 547, 1094, 39931

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79851 and 79862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79851 and 79862 is 1.

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