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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5935 and 5955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5935 and 5955 is 5.

GCF(5935,5955) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5935 and 5955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5935 and 5955.

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How to find the GCF of 5935 and 5955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5935 and 5955. After we will calculate the factors of 5935 and 5955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5935

Prime factors of 5935 are 5, 1187. Prime factorization of 5935 in exponential form is:

5935 = 51 × 11871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5955

Prime factors of 5955 are 3, 5, 397. Prime factorization of 5955 in exponential form is:

5955 = 31 × 51 × 3971

Step-3: Factors of 5935

List of positive integer factors of 5935 that divides 5935 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1187

Step-4: Factors of 5955

List of positive integer factors of 5955 that divides 5935 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 397, 1191, 1985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5935 and 5955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5935 and 5955 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5935 and 5955