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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5977 and 5982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5977 and 5982 is 1.

GCF(5977,5982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5977 and 5982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5977 and 5982.

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How to find the GCF of 5977 and 5982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5977 and 5982. After we will calculate the factors of 5977 and 5982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5977

Prime factors of 5977 are 43, 139. Prime factorization of 5977 in exponential form is:

5977 = 431 × 1391

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5982

Prime factors of 5982 are 2, 3, 997. Prime factorization of 5982 in exponential form is:

5982 = 21 × 31 × 9971

Step-3: Factors of 5977

List of positive integer factors of 5977 that divides 5977 without a remainder.

1, 43, 139

Step-4: Factors of 5982

List of positive integer factors of 5982 that divides 5977 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 997, 1994, 2991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5977 and 5982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5977 and 5982 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5977 and 5982