What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58973 and 58985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58973 and 58985 is 1.

GCF(58973,58985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58973 and 58985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58973 and 58985.

How to find the GCF of 58973 and 58985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58973 and 58985. After we will calculate the factors of 58973 and 58985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58973

Prime factors of 58973 are 17, 3469. Prime factorization of 58973 in exponential form is:

58973 = 17¹ × 3469¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 58985

Prime factors of 58985 are 5, 47, 251. Prime factorization of 58985 in exponential form is:

58985 = 5¹ × 47¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 58973

List of positive integer factors of 58973 that divides 58973 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3469

Step-4: Factors of 58985

List of positive integer factors of 58985 that divides 58973 without a remainder.

1, 5, 47, 235, 251, 1255, 11797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58973 and 58985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58973 and 58985 is 1.

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