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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 860 and 879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 860 and 879 is 1.

GCF(860,879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 860 and 879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 860 and 879.

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How to find the GCF of 860 and 879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 860 and 879. After we will calculate the factors of 860 and 879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 860

Prime factors of 860 are 2, 5, 43. Prime factorization of 860 in exponential form is:

860 = 22 × 51 × 431

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 879

Prime factors of 879 are 3, 293. Prime factorization of 879 in exponential form is:

879 = 31 × 2931

Step-3: Factors of 860

List of positive integer factors of 860 that divides 860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 43, 86, 172, 215, 430

Step-4: Factors of 879

List of positive integer factors of 879 that divides 860 without a remainder.

1, 3, 293

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 860 and 879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 860 and 879 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 860 and 879