What is the Greatest Common Factor of 82979 and 82991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 82979 and 82991 is 1.

GCF(82979,82991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 82979 and 82991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 82979 and 82991.

How to find the GCF of 82979 and 82991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 82979 and 82991. After we will calculate the factors of 82979 and 82991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 82979

Prime factors of 82979 are 13, 491. Prime factorization of 82979 in exponential form is:

82979 = 13² × 491¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82991

Prime factors of 82991 are 37, 2243. Prime factorization of 82991 in exponential form is:

82991 = 37¹ × 2243¹

Step-3: Factors of 82979

List of positive integer factors of 82979 that divides 82979 without a remainder.

1, 13, 169, 491, 6383

Step-4: Factors of 82991

List of positive integer factors of 82991 that divides 82979 without a remainder.

1, 37, 2243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 82979 and 82991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 82979 and 82991 is 1.

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