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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5897 and 5917?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5897 and 5917 is 1.

GCF(5897,5917) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5897 and 5917, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5897 and 5917.

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How to find the GCF of 5897 and 5917?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5897 and 5917. After we will calculate the factors of 5897 and 5917 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5897

Prime factors of 5897 are 5897. Prime factorization of 5897 in exponential form is:

5897 = 58971

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5917

Prime factors of 5917 are 61, 97. Prime factorization of 5917 in exponential form is:

5917 = 611 × 971

Step-3: Factors of 5897

List of positive integer factors of 5897 that divides 5897 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 5917

List of positive integer factors of 5917 that divides 5897 without a remainder.

1, 61, 97

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5897 and 5917. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5897 and 5917 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5897 and 5917