What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58971 and 58991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58971 and 58991 is 1.

GCF(58971,58991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58971 and 58991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58971 and 58991.

How to find the GCF of 58971 and 58991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58971 and 58991. After we will calculate the factors of 58971 and 58991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58971

Prime factors of 58971 are 3, 11, 1787. Prime factorization of 58971 in exponential form is:

58971 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1787¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58991

Prime factors of 58991 are 58991. Prime factorization of 58991 in exponential form is:

58991 = 58991¹

Step-3: Factors of 58971

List of positive integer factors of 58971 that divides 58971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1787, 5361, 19657

Step-4: Factors of 58991

List of positive integer factors of 58991 that divides 58971 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58971 and 58991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58971 and 58991 is 1.

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