What is the Greatest Common Factor of 95964 and 95979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 95964 and 95979 is 3.

GCF(95964,95979) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 95964 and 95979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 95964 and 95979.

How to find the GCF of 95964 and 95979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 95964 and 95979. After we will calculate the factors of 95964 and 95979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 95964

Prime factors of 95964 are 2, 3, 11, 727. Prime factorization of 95964 in exponential form is:

95964 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 95979

Prime factors of 95979 are 3, 13, 23, 107. Prime factorization of 95979 in exponential form is:

95979 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 95964

List of positive integer factors of 95964 that divides 95964 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 727, 1454, 2181, 2908, 4362, 7997, 8724, 15994, 23991, 31988, 47982

Step-4: Factors of 95979

List of positive integer factors of 95979 that divides 95964 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 23, 39, 69, 107, 299, 321, 897, 1391, 2461, 4173, 7383, 31993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 95964 and 95979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 95964 and 95979 is 3.

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