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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9959 and 9979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9959 and 9979 is 1.

GCF(9959,9979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9959 and 9979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9959 and 9979.

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How to find the GCF of 9959 and 9979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9959 and 9979. After we will calculate the factors of 9959 and 9979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9959

Prime factors of 9959 are 23, 433. Prime factorization of 9959 in exponential form is:

9959 = 231 × 4331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9979

Prime factors of 9979 are 17, 587. Prime factorization of 9979 in exponential form is:

9979 = 171 × 5871

Step-3: Factors of 9959

List of positive integer factors of 9959 that divides 9959 without a remainder.

1, 23, 433

Step-4: Factors of 9979

List of positive integer factors of 9979 that divides 9959 without a remainder.

1, 17, 587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9959 and 9979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9959 and 9979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 9959 and 9979