What is the Greatest Common Factor of 54961 and 54979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 54961 and 54979 is 1.

GCF(54961,54979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 54961 and 54979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 54961 and 54979.

How to find the GCF of 54961 and 54979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 54961 and 54979. After we will calculate the factors of 54961 and 54979 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 54979

Prime factors of 54979 are 54979. Prime factorization of 54979 in exponential form is:

54979 = 54979¹

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 54979

List of positive integer factors of 54979 that divides 54961 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 54961 and 54979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 54961 and 54979 is 1.

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