What is the Greatest Common Factor of 56959 and 56967?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 56959 and 56967 is 1.

GCF(56959,56967) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 56959 and 56967, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 56959 and 56967.

How to find the GCF of 56959 and 56967?

We will first find the prime factorization of 56959 and 56967. After we will calculate the factors of 56959 and 56967 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 56959

Prime factors of 56959 are 7, 79, 103. Prime factorization of 56959 in exponential form is:

56959 = 7¹ × 79¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 56967

Prime factors of 56967 are 3, 17, 1117. Prime factorization of 56967 in exponential form is:

56967 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1117¹

Step-3: Factors of 56959

List of positive integer factors of 56959 that divides 56959 without a remainder.

1, 7, 79, 103, 553, 721, 8137

Step-4: Factors of 56967

List of positive integer factors of 56967 that divides 56959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1117, 3351, 18989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 56959 and 56967. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 56959 and 56967 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 56959 and 56967