What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80973 and 80979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80973 and 80979 is 3.

GCF(80973,80979) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80973 and 80979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80973 and 80979.

How to find the GCF of 80973 and 80979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80973 and 80979. After we will calculate the factors of 80973 and 80979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80973

Prime factors of 80973 are 3, 2999. Prime factorization of 80973 in exponential form is:

80973 = 3³ × 2999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80979

Prime factors of 80979 are 3, 26993. Prime factorization of 80979 in exponential form is:

80979 = 3¹ × 26993¹

Step-3: Factors of 80973

List of positive integer factors of 80973 that divides 80973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 2999, 8997, 26991

Step-4: Factors of 80979

List of positive integer factors of 80979 that divides 80973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 26993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80973 and 80979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80973 and 80979 is 3.

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