What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59879 and 59898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59879 and 59898 is 1.

GCF(59879,59898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59879 and 59898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59879 and 59898.

How to find the GCF of 59879 and 59898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59879 and 59898. After we will calculate the factors of 59879 and 59898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59879

Prime factors of 59879 are 59879. Prime factorization of 59879 in exponential form is:

59879 = 59879¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59898

Prime factors of 59898 are 2, 3, 67, 149. Prime factorization of 59898 in exponential form is:

59898 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 67¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 59879

List of positive integer factors of 59879 that divides 59879 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 59898

List of positive integer factors of 59898 that divides 59879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 67, 134, 149, 201, 298, 402, 447, 894, 9983, 19966, 29949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59879 and 59898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59879 and 59898 is 1.

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