What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79880 and 79897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79880 and 79897 is 1.

GCF(79880,79897) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79880 and 79897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79880 and 79897.

How to find the GCF of 79880 and 79897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79880 and 79897. After we will calculate the factors of 79880 and 79897 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 79897

Prime factors of 79897 are 109, 733. Prime factorization of 79897 in exponential form is:

79897 = 109¹ × 733¹

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 79897

List of positive integer factors of 79897 that divides 79880 without a remainder.

1, 109, 733

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79880 and 79897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79880 and 79897 is 1.

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