Greatest Common Factor of 5 and 7077
GCF(5, 7077) = 1, Greatest common factor of 5 and 7077 is 1. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 5 and 7077. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 5 and 7077 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 5 and 7077.
Prime Factorization of 5 is 1, 5 and Prime Factorization of 7077 is 1, 3, 7, 337.
- Factorize\( (5) = \) \(1\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (7077) = \) \(1\times 3\times 7\times 337\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 1) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(5, 7077) = 1\times 1 = 1\).
Greatest Common Factor of 5 and 7077 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 5 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 5
List of positive integers factors of 7077 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 3, 7, 21, 337, 1011, 2359, 7077
As you can see, 1 is the greatest and common number that 5 and 7077 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 5 and 7077 is 1.
\(GCF(5, 7077) = 1\).
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