What is the Greatest Common Factor of 59990 and 60003?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 59990 and 60003 is 1.

GCF(59990,60003) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 59990 and 60003, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 59990 and 60003.

How to find the GCF of 59990 and 60003?

We will first find the prime factorization of 59990 and 60003. After we will calculate the factors of 59990 and 60003 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 59990

Prime factors of 59990 are 2, 5, 7, 857. Prime factorization of 59990 in exponential form is:

59990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 60003

Prime factors of 60003 are 3, 59, 113. Prime factorization of 60003 in exponential form is:

60003 = 3² × 59¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 59990

List of positive integer factors of 59990 that divides 59990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 857, 1714, 4285, 5999, 8570, 11998, 29995

Step-4: Factors of 60003

List of positive integer factors of 60003 that divides 59990 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 59, 113, 177, 339, 531, 1017, 6667, 20001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 59990 and 60003. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 59990 and 60003 is 1.

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