What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5953 and 5958?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5953 and 5958 is 1.

GCF(5953,5958) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5953 and 5958, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5953 and 5958.

How to find the GCF of 5953 and 5958?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5953 and 5958. After we will calculate the factors of 5953 and 5958 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5953

Prime factors of 5953 are 5953. Prime factorization of 5953 in exponential form is:

5953 = 5953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5958

Prime factors of 5958 are 2, 3, 331. Prime factorization of 5958 in exponential form is:

5958 = 2¹ × 3² × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 5953

List of positive integer factors of 5953 that divides 5953 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5958

List of positive integer factors of 5958 that divides 5953 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 331, 662, 993, 1986, 2979

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5953 and 5958. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5953 and 5958 is 1.

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