What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79940 and 79959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79940 and 79959 is 1.

GCF(79940,79959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79940 and 79959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79940 and 79959.

How to find the GCF of 79940 and 79959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79940 and 79959. After we will calculate the factors of 79940 and 79959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79940

Prime factors of 79940 are 2, 5, 7, 571. Prime factorization of 79940 in exponential form is:

79940 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79959

Prime factors of 79959 are 3, 11, 2423. Prime factorization of 79959 in exponential form is:

79959 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2423¹

Step-3: Factors of 79940

List of positive integer factors of 79940 that divides 79940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 571, 1142, 2284, 2855, 3997, 5710, 7994, 11420, 15988, 19985, 39970

Step-4: Factors of 79959

List of positive integer factors of 79959 that divides 79940 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2423, 7269, 26653

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79940 and 79959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79940 and 79959 is 1.

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