What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79946 and 79959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79946 and 79959 is 1.

GCF(79946,79959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79946 and 79959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79946 and 79959.

How to find the GCF of 79946 and 79959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79946 and 79959. After we will calculate the factors of 79946 and 79959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79946

Prime factors of 79946 are 2, 71, 563. Prime factorization of 79946 in exponential form is:

79946 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 563¹

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 79946

List of positive integer factors of 79946 that divides 79946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 563, 1126, 39973

Step-4: Factors of 79959

List of positive integer factors of 79959 that divides 79946 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79946 and 79959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79946 and 79959 is 1.

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