What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53631 and 53642?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53631 and 53642 is 1.

GCF(53631,53642) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53631 and 53642, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53631 and 53642.

How to find the GCF of 53631 and 53642?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53631 and 53642. After we will calculate the factors of 53631 and 53642 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53631

Prime factors of 53631 are 3, 59, 101. Prime factorization of 53631 in exponential form is:

53631 = 3² × 59¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53642

Prime factors of 53642 are 2, 26821. Prime factorization of 53642 in exponential form is:

53642 = 2¹ × 26821¹

Step-3: Factors of 53631

List of positive integer factors of 53631 that divides 53631 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 59, 101, 177, 303, 531, 909, 5959, 17877

Step-4: Factors of 53642

List of positive integer factors of 53642 that divides 53631 without a remainder.

1, 2, 26821

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53631 and 53642. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53631 and 53642 is 1.

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