What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79924 and 79934?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79924 and 79934 is 2.

GCF(79924,79934) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79924 and 79934, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79924 and 79934.

How to find the GCF of 79924 and 79934?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79924 and 79934. After we will calculate the factors of 79924 and 79934 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79924

Prime factors of 79924 are 2, 13, 29, 53. Prime factorization of 79924 in exponential form is:

79924 = 2² × 13¹ × 29¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79934

Prime factors of 79934 are 2, 17, 2351. Prime factorization of 79934 in exponential form is:

79934 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2351¹

Step-3: Factors of 79924

List of positive integer factors of 79924 that divides 79924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 29, 52, 53, 58, 106, 116, 212, 377, 689, 754, 1378, 1508, 1537, 2756, 3074, 6148, 19981, 39962

Step-4: Factors of 79934

List of positive integer factors of 79934 that divides 79924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2351, 4702, 39967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79924 and 79934. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79924 and 79934 is 2.

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