What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96678 and 96687?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96678 and 96687 is 9.

GCF(96678,96687) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96678 and 96687, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96678 and 96687.

How to find the GCF of 96678 and 96687?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96678 and 96687. After we will calculate the factors of 96678 and 96687 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96678

Prime factors of 96678 are 2, 3, 41, 131. Prime factorization of 96678 in exponential form is:

96678 = 2¹ × 3² × 41¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96687

Prime factors of 96687 are 3, 3581. Prime factorization of 96687 in exponential form is:

96687 = 3³ × 3581¹

Step-3: Factors of 96678

List of positive integer factors of 96678 that divides 96678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 41, 82, 123, 131, 246, 262, 369, 393, 738, 786, 1179, 2358, 5371, 10742, 16113, 32226, 48339

Step-4: Factors of 96687

List of positive integer factors of 96687 that divides 96678 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 3581, 10743, 32229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96678 and 96687. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96678 and 96687 is 9.

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