What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59665 and 59685?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59665 and 59685 is 5.

GCF(59665,59685) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59665 and 59685, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59665 and 59685.

How to find the GCF of 59665 and 59685?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59665 and 59685. After we will calculate the factors of 59665 and 59685 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59665

Prime factors of 59665 are 5, 11933. Prime factorization of 59665 in exponential form is:

59665 = 5¹ × 11933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59685

Prime factors of 59685 are 3, 5, 23, 173. Prime factorization of 59685 in exponential form is:

59685 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 59665

List of positive integer factors of 59665 that divides 59665 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11933

Step-4: Factors of 59685

List of positive integer factors of 59685 that divides 59665 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 23, 69, 115, 173, 345, 519, 865, 2595, 3979, 11937, 19895

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59665 and 59685. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59665 and 59685 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 59665 and 59685