What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58940 and 58949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58940 and 58949 is 1.

GCF(58940,58949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58940 and 58949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58940 and 58949.

How to find the GCF of 58940 and 58949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58940 and 58949. After we will calculate the factors of 58940 and 58949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58940

Prime factors of 58940 are 2, 5, 7, 421. Prime factorization of 58940 in exponential form is:

58940 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58949

Prime factors of 58949 are 11, 23, 233. Prime factorization of 58949 in exponential form is:

58949 = 11¹ × 23¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 58940

List of positive integer factors of 58940 that divides 58940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 421, 842, 1684, 2105, 2947, 4210, 5894, 8420, 11788, 14735, 29470

Step-4: Factors of 58949

List of positive integer factors of 58949 that divides 58940 without a remainder.

1, 11, 23, 233, 253, 2563, 5359

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58940 and 58949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58940 and 58949 is 1.

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