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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2937 and 2957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2937 and 2957 is 1.

GCF(2937,2957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2937 and 2957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2937 and 2957.

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How to find the GCF of 2937 and 2957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2937 and 2957. After we will calculate the factors of 2937 and 2957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2937

Prime factors of 2937 are 3, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 2937 in exponential form is:

2937 = 31 × 111 × 891

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2957

Prime factors of 2957 are 2957. Prime factorization of 2957 in exponential form is:

2957 = 29571

Step-3: Factors of 2937

List of positive integer factors of 2937 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 89, 267, 979

Step-4: Factors of 2957

List of positive integer factors of 2957 that divides 2937 without a remainder.

1

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2937 and 2957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2937 and 2957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2937 and 2957