What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59953 and 59962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59953 and 59962 is 1.

GCF(59953,59962) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59953 and 59962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59953 and 59962.

How to find the GCF of 59953 and 59962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59953 and 59962. After we will calculate the factors of 59953 and 59962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59953

Prime factors of 59953 are 167, 359. Prime factorization of 59953 in exponential form is:

59953 = 167¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59962

Prime factors of 59962 are 2, 7, 4283. Prime factorization of 59962 in exponential form is:

59962 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 4283¹

Step-3: Factors of 59953

List of positive integer factors of 59953 that divides 59953 without a remainder.

1, 167, 359

Step-4: Factors of 59962

List of positive integer factors of 59962 that divides 59953 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 4283, 8566, 29981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59953 and 59962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59953 and 59962 is 1.

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