What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59547 and 59559?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59547 and 59559 is 3.

GCF(59547,59559) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59547 and 59559, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59547 and 59559.

How to find the GCF of 59547 and 59559?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59547 and 59559. After we will calculate the factors of 59547 and 59559 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59547

Prime factors of 59547 are 3, 23, 863. Prime factorization of 59547 in exponential form is:

59547 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 863¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59559

Prime factors of 59559 are 3, 19853. Prime factorization of 59559 in exponential form is:

59559 = 3¹ × 19853¹

Step-3: Factors of 59547

List of positive integer factors of 59547 that divides 59547 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 863, 2589, 19849

Step-4: Factors of 59559

List of positive integer factors of 59559 that divides 59547 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19853

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59547 and 59559. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59547 and 59559 is 3.

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