What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52959 and 52970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52959 and 52970 is 1.

GCF(52959,52970) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52959 and 52970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52959 and 52970.

How to find the GCF of 52959 and 52970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52959 and 52970. After we will calculate the factors of 52959 and 52970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52959

Prime factors of 52959 are 3, 127, 139. Prime factorization of 52959 in exponential form is:

52959 = 3¹ × 127¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52970

Prime factors of 52970 are 2, 5, 5297. Prime factorization of 52970 in exponential form is:

52970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5297¹

Step-3: Factors of 52959

List of positive integer factors of 52959 that divides 52959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 127, 139, 381, 417, 17653

Step-4: Factors of 52970

List of positive integer factors of 52970 that divides 52959 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5297, 10594, 26485

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52959 and 52970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52959 and 52970 is 1.

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