What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79880 and 79892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79880 and 79892 is 4.

GCF(79880,79892) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79880 and 79892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79880 and 79892.

How to find the GCF of 79880 and 79892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79880 and 79892. After we will calculate the factors of 79880 and 79892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79880

Prime factors of 79880 are 2, 5, 1997. Prime factorization of 79880 in exponential form is:

79880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79892

Prime factors of 79892 are 2, 19973. Prime factorization of 79892 in exponential form is:

79892 = 2² × 19973¹

Step-3: Factors of 79880

List of positive integer factors of 79880 that divides 79880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1997, 3994, 7988, 9985, 15976, 19970, 39940

Step-4: Factors of 79892

List of positive integer factors of 79892 that divides 79880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19973, 39946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79880 and 79892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79880 and 79892 is 4.

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