What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5893 and 5901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5893 and 5901 is 1.

GCF(5893,5901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5893 and 5901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5893 and 5901.

How to find the GCF of 5893 and 5901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5893 and 5901. After we will calculate the factors of 5893 and 5901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5893

Prime factors of 5893 are 71, 83. Prime factorization of 5893 in exponential form is:

5893 = 71¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5901

Prime factors of 5901 are 3, 7, 281. Prime factorization of 5901 in exponential form is:

5901 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 5893

List of positive integer factors of 5893 that divides 5893 without a remainder.

1, 71, 83

Step-4: Factors of 5901

List of positive integer factors of 5901 that divides 5893 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 281, 843, 1967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5893 and 5901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5893 and 5901 is 1.

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