What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59857 and 59871?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59857 and 59871 is 7.

GCF(59857,59871) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59857 and 59871, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59857 and 59871.

How to find the GCF of 59857 and 59871?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59857 and 59871. After we will calculate the factors of 59857 and 59871 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59857

Prime factors of 59857 are 7, 17, 503. Prime factorization of 59857 in exponential form is:

59857 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59871

Prime factors of 59871 are 3, 7, 2851. Prime factorization of 59871 in exponential form is:

59871 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2851¹

Step-3: Factors of 59857

List of positive integer factors of 59857 that divides 59857 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 503, 3521, 8551

Step-4: Factors of 59871

List of positive integer factors of 59871 that divides 59857 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2851, 8553, 19957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59857 and 59871. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59857 and 59871 is 7.

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