What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63956 and 63969?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63956 and 63969 is 1.

GCF(63956,63969) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63956 and 63969, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63956 and 63969.

How to find the GCF of 63956 and 63969?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63956 and 63969. After we will calculate the factors of 63956 and 63969 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63956

Prime factors of 63956 are 2, 59, 271. Prime factorization of 63956 in exponential form is:

63956 = 2² × 59¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63969

Prime factors of 63969 are 3, 21323. Prime factorization of 63969 in exponential form is:

63969 = 3¹ × 21323¹

Step-3: Factors of 63956

List of positive integer factors of 63956 that divides 63956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 59, 118, 236, 271, 542, 1084, 15989, 31978

Step-4: Factors of 63969

List of positive integer factors of 63969 that divides 63956 without a remainder.

1, 3, 21323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63956 and 63969. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63956 and 63969 is 1.

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