What is the Greatest Common Factor of 58993 and 59008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 58993 and 59008 is 1.

GCF(58993,59008) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 58993 and 59008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 58993 and 59008.

How to find the GCF of 58993 and 59008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 58993 and 59008. After we will calculate the factors of 58993 and 59008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 58993

Prime factors of 58993 are 11, 31, 173. Prime factorization of 58993 in exponential form is:

58993 = 11¹ × 31¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59008

Prime factors of 59008 are 2, 461. Prime factorization of 59008 in exponential form is:

59008 = 2⁷ × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 58993

List of positive integer factors of 58993 that divides 58993 without a remainder.

1, 11, 31, 173, 341, 1903, 5363

Step-4: Factors of 59008

List of positive integer factors of 59008 that divides 58993 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 461, 922, 1844, 3688, 7376, 14752, 29504

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 58993 and 59008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 58993 and 59008 is 1.

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