What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54961 and 54968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54961 and 54968 is 1.

GCF(54961,54968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54961 and 54968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54961 and 54968.

How to find the GCF of 54961 and 54968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54961 and 54968. After we will calculate the factors of 54961 and 54968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 54968

Prime factors of 54968 are 2, 6871. Prime factorization of 54968 in exponential form is:

54968 = 2³ × 6871¹

Step-3: Factors of 54961

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 54968

List of positive integer factors of 54968 that divides 54961 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 6871, 13742, 27484

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54961 and 54968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54961 and 54968 is 1.

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