What is the Greatest Common Factor of 96971 and 96979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 96971 and 96979 is 1.

GCF(96971,96979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 96971 and 96979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 96971 and 96979.

How to find the GCF of 96971 and 96979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 96971 and 96979. After we will calculate the factors of 96971 and 96979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 96971

Prime factors of 96971 are 7, 1979. Prime factorization of 96971 in exponential form is:

96971 = 7² × 1979¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 96979

Prime factors of 96979 are 96979. Prime factorization of 96979 in exponential form is:

96979 = 96979¹

Step-3: Factors of 96971

List of positive integer factors of 96971 that divides 96971 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 1979, 13853

Step-4: Factors of 96979

List of positive integer factors of 96979 that divides 96971 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 96971 and 96979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 96971 and 96979 is 1.

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