What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58779 and 58791?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58779 and 58791 is 3.

GCF(58779,58791) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58779 and 58791, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58779 and 58791.

How to find the GCF of 58779 and 58791?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58779 and 58791. After we will calculate the factors of 58779 and 58791 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58779

Prime factors of 58779 are 3, 7, 311. Prime factorization of 58779 in exponential form is:

58779 = 3³ × 7¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58791

Prime factors of 58791 are 3, 19597. Prime factorization of 58791 in exponential form is:

58791 = 3¹ × 19597¹

Step-3: Factors of 58779

List of positive integer factors of 58779 that divides 58779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 189, 311, 933, 2177, 2799, 6531, 8397, 19593

Step-4: Factors of 58791

List of positive integer factors of 58791 that divides 58779 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19597

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58779 and 58791. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58779 and 58791 is 3.

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