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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5937 and 5957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5937 and 5957 is 1.

GCF(5937,5957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5937 and 5957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5937 and 5957.

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How to find the GCF of 5937 and 5957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5937 and 5957. After we will calculate the factors of 5937 and 5957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5937

Prime factors of 5937 are 3, 1979. Prime factorization of 5937 in exponential form is:

5937 = 31 × 19791

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5957

Prime factors of 5957 are 7, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 5957 in exponential form is:

5957 = 71 × 231 × 371

Step-3: Factors of 5937

List of positive integer factors of 5937 that divides 5937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1979

Step-4: Factors of 5957

List of positive integer factors of 5957 that divides 5937 without a remainder.

1, 7, 23, 37, 161, 259, 851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5937 and 5957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5937 and 5957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5937 and 5957