What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5911 and 5915?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5911 and 5915 is 1.

GCF(5911,5915) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5911 and 5915, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5911 and 5915.

How to find the GCF of 5911 and 5915?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5911 and 5915. After we will calculate the factors of 5911 and 5915 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5911

Prime factors of 5911 are 23, 257. Prime factorization of 5911 in exponential form is:

5911 = 23¹ × 257¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5915

Prime factors of 5915 are 5, 7, 13. Prime factorization of 5915 in exponential form is:

5915 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 13²

Step-3: Factors of 5911

List of positive integer factors of 5911 that divides 5911 without a remainder.

1, 23, 257

Step-4: Factors of 5915

List of positive integer factors of 5915 that divides 5911 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 13, 35, 65, 91, 169, 455, 845, 1183

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5911 and 5915. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5911 and 5915 is 1.

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