Question: what is a greatest common factor of 9 and 7?
Answer: The factors of 7 are 7, 1., The factors of 9 are 9, 3, 1., The common factors of 7 and 9 are 1, intersecting the two sets above., In the intersection factors of 7 ∩ factors of 9 the greatest element is 1., Therefore, the greatest common factor of 7 and 9 is 1.