What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79909 and 79918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79909 and 79918 is 1.

GCF(79909,79918) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79909 and 79918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79909 and 79918.

How to find the GCF of 79909 and 79918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79909 and 79918. After we will calculate the factors of 79909 and 79918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79909

Prime factors of 79909 are 41, 1949. Prime factorization of 79909 in exponential form is:

79909 = 41¹ × 1949¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79918

Prime factors of 79918 are 2, 31, 1289. Prime factorization of 79918 in exponential form is:

79918 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 1289¹

Step-3: Factors of 79909

List of positive integer factors of 79909 that divides 79909 without a remainder.

1, 41, 1949

Step-4: Factors of 79918

List of positive integer factors of 79918 that divides 79909 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 1289, 2578, 39959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79909 and 79918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79909 and 79918 is 1.

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