What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66941 and 66959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66941 and 66959 is 1.

GCF(66941,66959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66941 and 66959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66941 and 66959.

How to find the GCF of 66941 and 66959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66941 and 66959. After we will calculate the factors of 66941 and 66959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66941

Prime factors of 66941 are 7, 73, 131. Prime factorization of 66941 in exponential form is:

66941 = 7¹ × 73¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66959

Prime factors of 66959 are 66959. Prime factorization of 66959 in exponential form is:

66959 = 66959¹

Step-3: Factors of 66941

List of positive integer factors of 66941 that divides 66941 without a remainder.

1, 7, 73, 131, 511, 917, 9563

Step-4: Factors of 66959

List of positive integer factors of 66959 that divides 66941 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66941 and 66959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66941 and 66959 is 1.

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