What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59255 and 59260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59255 and 59260 is 5.

GCF(59255,59260) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59255 and 59260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59255 and 59260.

How to find the GCF of 59255 and 59260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59255 and 59260. After we will calculate the factors of 59255 and 59260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59255

Prime factors of 59255 are 5, 7, 1693. Prime factorization of 59255 in exponential form is:

59255 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1693¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59260

Prime factors of 59260 are 2, 5, 2963. Prime factorization of 59260 in exponential form is:

59260 = 2² × 5¹ × 2963¹

Step-3: Factors of 59255

List of positive integer factors of 59255 that divides 59255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1693, 8465, 11851

Step-4: Factors of 59260

List of positive integer factors of 59260 that divides 59255 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2963, 5926, 11852, 14815, 29630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59255 and 59260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59255 and 59260 is 5.

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