What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59954 and 59959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59954 and 59959 is 1.

GCF(59954,59959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59954 and 59959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59954 and 59959.

How to find the GCF of 59954 and 59959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59954 and 59959. After we will calculate the factors of 59954 and 59959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59954

Prime factors of 59954 are 2, 31, 967. Prime factorization of 59954 in exponential form is:

59954 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 59959

Prime factors of 59959 are 17, 3527. Prime factorization of 59959 in exponential form is:

59959 = 17¹ × 3527¹

Step-3: Factors of 59954

List of positive integer factors of 59954 that divides 59954 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 967, 1934, 29977

Step-4: Factors of 59959

List of positive integer factors of 59959 that divides 59954 without a remainder.

1, 17, 3527

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59954 and 59959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59954 and 59959 is 1.

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