What is the Greatest Common Factor of 539 and 557?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 539 and 557 is 1.

GCF(539,557) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 539 and 557, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 539 and 557.

How to find the GCF of 539 and 557?

We will first find the prime factorization of 539 and 557. After we will calculate the factors of 539 and 557 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 539

Prime factors of 539 are 7, 11. Prime factorization of 539 in exponential form is:

539 = 7² × 11¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 557

Prime factors of 557 are 557. Prime factorization of 557 in exponential form is:

557 = 557¹

Step-3: Factors of 539

List of positive integer factors of 539 that divides 539 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 49, 77

Step-4: Factors of 557

List of positive integer factors of 557 that divides 539 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 539 and 557. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 539 and 557 is 1.

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