What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59861 and 59880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59861 and 59880 is 1.

GCF(59861,59880) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59861 and 59880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59861 and 59880.

How to find the GCF of 59861 and 59880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59861 and 59880. After we will calculate the factors of 59861 and 59880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59861

Prime factors of 59861 are 31, 1931. Prime factorization of 59861 in exponential form is:

59861 = 31¹ × 1931¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59880

Prime factors of 59880 are 2, 3, 5, 499. Prime factorization of 59880 in exponential form is:

59880 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 59861

List of positive integer factors of 59861 that divides 59861 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1931

Step-4: Factors of 59880

List of positive integer factors of 59880 that divides 59861 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2495, 2994, 3992, 4990, 5988, 7485, 9980, 11976, 14970, 19960, 29940

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59861 and 59880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59861 and 59880 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 59861 and 59880