What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61948 and 61957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61948 and 61957 is 1.

GCF(61948,61957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61948 and 61957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61948 and 61957.

How to find the GCF of 61948 and 61957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61948 and 61957. After we will calculate the factors of 61948 and 61957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61948

Prime factors of 61948 are 2, 17, 911. Prime factorization of 61948 in exponential form is:

61948 = 2² × 17¹ × 911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61957

Prime factors of 61957 are 7, 53, 167. Prime factorization of 61957 in exponential form is:

61957 = 7¹ × 53¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 61948

List of positive integer factors of 61948 that divides 61948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 911, 1822, 3644, 15487, 30974

Step-4: Factors of 61957

List of positive integer factors of 61957 that divides 61948 without a remainder.

1, 7, 53, 167, 371, 1169, 8851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61948 and 61957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61948 and 61957 is 1.

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