What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80991 and 80997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80991 and 80997 is 3.

GCF(80991,80997) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80991 and 80997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80991 and 80997.

How to find the GCF of 80991 and 80997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80991 and 80997. After we will calculate the factors of 80991 and 80997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80991

Prime factors of 80991 are 3, 8999. Prime factorization of 80991 in exponential form is:

80991 = 3² × 8999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 80997

Prime factors of 80997 are 3, 7, 19, 29. Prime factorization of 80997 in exponential form is:

80997 = 3¹ × 7² × 19¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 80991

List of positive integer factors of 80991 that divides 80991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8999, 26997

Step-4: Factors of 80997

List of positive integer factors of 80997 that divides 80991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 19, 21, 29, 49, 57, 87, 133, 147, 203, 399, 551, 609, 931, 1421, 1653, 2793, 3857, 4263, 11571, 26999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80991 and 80997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80991 and 80997 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 80991 and 80997