What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59931 and 59947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59931 and 59947 is 1.

GCF(59931,59947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59931 and 59947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59931 and 59947.

How to find the GCF of 59931 and 59947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59931 and 59947. After we will calculate the factors of 59931 and 59947 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59931

Prime factors of 59931 are 3, 6659. Prime factorization of 59931 in exponential form is:

59931 = 3² × 6659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59947

Prime factors of 59947 are 151, 397. Prime factorization of 59947 in exponential form is:

59947 = 151¹ × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 59931

List of positive integer factors of 59931 that divides 59931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 6659, 19977

Step-4: Factors of 59947

List of positive integer factors of 59947 that divides 59931 without a remainder.

1, 151, 397

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59931 and 59947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59931 and 59947 is 1.

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