What is the Greatest Common Factor of 95985 and 96003?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 95985 and 96003 is 9.

GCF(95985,96003) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 95985 and 96003, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 95985 and 96003.

How to find the GCF of 95985 and 96003?

We will first find the prime factorization of 95985 and 96003. After we will calculate the factors of 95985 and 96003 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 95985

Prime factors of 95985 are 3, 5, 79. Prime factorization of 95985 in exponential form is:

95985 = 3⁵ × 5¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96003

Prime factors of 96003 are 3, 10667. Prime factorization of 96003 in exponential form is:

96003 = 3² × 10667¹

Step-3: Factors of 95985

List of positive integer factors of 95985 that divides 95985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 79, 81, 135, 237, 243, 395, 405, 711, 1185, 1215, 2133, 3555, 6399, 10665, 19197, 31995

Step-4: Factors of 96003

List of positive integer factors of 96003 that divides 95985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 10667, 32001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 95985 and 96003. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 95985 and 96003 is 9.

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