What is the Greatest Common Factor of 83972 and 83977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 83972 and 83977 is 1.

GCF(83972,83977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 83972 and 83977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 83972 and 83977.

How to find the GCF of 83972 and 83977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 83972 and 83977. After we will calculate the factors of 83972 and 83977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 83972

Prime factors of 83972 are 2, 7, 2999. Prime factorization of 83972 in exponential form is:

83972 = 2² × 7¹ × 2999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 83977

Prime factors of 83977 are 79, 1063. Prime factorization of 83977 in exponential form is:

83977 = 79¹ × 1063¹

Step-3: Factors of 83972

List of positive integer factors of 83972 that divides 83972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2999, 5998, 11996, 20993, 41986

Step-4: Factors of 83977

List of positive integer factors of 83977 that divides 83972 without a remainder.

1, 79, 1063

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 83972 and 83977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 83972 and 83977 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 83972 and 83977