What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2937 and 2953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2937 and 2953 is 1.

GCF(2937,2953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2937 and 2953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2937 and 2953.

How to find the GCF of 2937 and 2953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2937 and 2953. After we will calculate the factors of 2937 and 2953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2937

Prime factors of 2937 are 3, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 2937 in exponential form is:

2937 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2953

Prime factors of 2953 are 2953. Prime factorization of 2953 in exponential form is:

2953 = 2953¹

Step-3: Factors of 2937

List of positive integer factors of 2937 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 89, 267, 979

Step-4: Factors of 2953

List of positive integer factors of 2953 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2937 and 2953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2937 and 2953 is 1.

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