What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54942 and 54961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54942 and 54961 is 1.

GCF(54942,54961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54942 and 54961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54942 and 54961.

How to find the GCF of 54942 and 54961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54942 and 54961. After we will calculate the factors of 54942 and 54961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 54942

Prime factors of 54942 are 2, 3, 9157. Prime factorization of 54942 in exponential form is:

54942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 9157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 54961

Prime factors of 54961 are 17, 53, 61. Prime factorization of 54961 in exponential form is:

54961 = 17¹ × 53¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 54942

List of positive integer factors of 54942 that divides 54942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9157, 18314, 27471

Step-4: Factors of 54961

List of positive integer factors of 54961 that divides 54942 without a remainder.

1, 17, 53, 61, 901, 1037, 3233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54942 and 54961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54942 and 54961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 54942 and 54961