What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2072 and 2079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2072 and 2079 is 7.

GCF(2072,2079) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2072 and 2079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2072 and 2079.

How to find the GCF of 2072 and 2079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2072 and 2079. After we will calculate the factors of 2072 and 2079 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2072

Prime factors of 2072 are 2, 7, 37. Prime factorization of 2072 in exponential form is:

2072 = 2³ × 7¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2079

Prime factors of 2079 are 3, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 2079 in exponential form is:

2079 = 3³ × 7¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 2072

List of positive integer factors of 2072 that divides 2072 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 37, 56, 74, 148, 259, 296, 518, 1036

Step-4: Factors of 2079

List of positive integer factors of 2079 that divides 2072 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 27, 33, 63, 77, 99, 189, 231, 297, 693

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2072 and 2079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2072 and 2079 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2072 and 2079