What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81982 and 81987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81982 and 81987 is 1.

GCF(81982,81987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81982 and 81987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81982 and 81987.

How to find the GCF of 81982 and 81987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81982 and 81987. After we will calculate the factors of 81982 and 81987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81982

Prime factors of 81982 are 2, 179, 229. Prime factorization of 81982 in exponential form is:

81982 = 2¹ × 179¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81987

Prime factors of 81987 are 3, 27329. Prime factorization of 81987 in exponential form is:

81987 = 3¹ × 27329¹

Step-3: Factors of 81982

List of positive integer factors of 81982 that divides 81982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 179, 229, 358, 458, 40991

Step-4: Factors of 81987

List of positive integer factors of 81987 that divides 81982 without a remainder.

1, 3, 27329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81982 and 81987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81982 and 81987 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81982 and 81987