What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82959 and 82973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82959 and 82973 is 1.

GCF(82959,82973) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82959 and 82973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82959 and 82973.

How to find the GCF of 82959 and 82973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82959 and 82973. After we will calculate the factors of 82959 and 82973 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82959

Prime factors of 82959 are 3, 27653. Prime factorization of 82959 in exponential form is:

82959 = 3¹ × 27653¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82973

Prime factors of 82973 are 11, 19, 397. Prime factorization of 82973 in exponential form is:

82973 = 11¹ × 19¹ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 82959

List of positive integer factors of 82959 that divides 82959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 27653

Step-4: Factors of 82973

List of positive integer factors of 82973 that divides 82959 without a remainder.

1, 11, 19, 209, 397, 4367, 7543

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82959 and 82973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82959 and 82973 is 1.

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