What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5966 and 5979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5966 and 5979 is 1.

GCF(5966,5979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5966 and 5979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5966 and 5979.

How to find the GCF of 5966 and 5979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5966 and 5979. After we will calculate the factors of 5966 and 5979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5966

Prime factors of 5966 are 2, 19, 157. Prime factorization of 5966 in exponential form is:

5966 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5979

Prime factors of 5979 are 3, 1993. Prime factorization of 5979 in exponential form is:

5979 = 3¹ × 1993¹

Step-3: Factors of 5966

List of positive integer factors of 5966 that divides 5966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 157, 314, 2983

Step-4: Factors of 5979

List of positive integer factors of 5979 that divides 5966 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5966 and 5979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5966 and 5979 is 1.

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