What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79964 and 79981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79964 and 79981 is 1.

GCF(79964,79981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79964 and 79981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79964 and 79981.

How to find the GCF of 79964 and 79981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79964 and 79981. After we will calculate the factors of 79964 and 79981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79964

Prime factors of 79964 are 2, 19991. Prime factorization of 79964 in exponential form is:

79964 = 2² × 19991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 79981

Prime factors of 79981 are 11, 661. Prime factorization of 79981 in exponential form is:

79981 = 11² × 661¹

Step-3: Factors of 79964

List of positive integer factors of 79964 that divides 79964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19991, 39982

Step-4: Factors of 79981

List of positive integer factors of 79981 that divides 79964 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 661, 7271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79964 and 79981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79964 and 79981 is 1.

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