What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59930 and 59945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59930 and 59945 is 5.

GCF(59930,59945) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59930 and 59945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59930 and 59945.

How to find the GCF of 59930 and 59945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59930 and 59945. After we will calculate the factors of 59930 and 59945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59930

Prime factors of 59930 are 2, 5, 13, 461. Prime factorization of 59930 in exponential form is:

59930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 461¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59945

Prime factors of 59945 are 5, 19, 631. Prime factorization of 59945 in exponential form is:

59945 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 631¹

Step-3: Factors of 59930

List of positive integer factors of 59930 that divides 59930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 26, 65, 130, 461, 922, 2305, 4610, 5993, 11986, 29965

Step-4: Factors of 59945

List of positive integer factors of 59945 that divides 59930 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 631, 3155, 11989

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59930 and 59945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59930 and 59945 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 59930 and 59945