What is the Greatest Common Factor of 79999 and 80012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 79999 and 80012 is 1.

GCF(79999,80012) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 79999 and 80012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 79999 and 80012.

How to find the GCF of 79999 and 80012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 79999 and 80012. After we will calculate the factors of 79999 and 80012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 79999

Prime factors of 79999 are 79999. Prime factorization of 79999 in exponential form is:

79999 = 79999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80012

Prime factors of 80012 are 2, 83, 241. Prime factorization of 80012 in exponential form is:

80012 = 2² × 83¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 79999

List of positive integer factors of 79999 that divides 79999 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 80012

List of positive integer factors of 80012 that divides 79999 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 83, 166, 241, 332, 482, 964, 20003, 40006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 79999 and 80012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 79999 and 80012 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 79999 and 80012