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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5941 and 5946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5941 and 5946 is 1.

GCF(5941,5946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5941 and 5946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5941 and 5946.

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How to find the GCF of 5941 and 5946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5941 and 5946. After we will calculate the factors of 5941 and 5946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5941

Prime factors of 5941 are 13, 457. Prime factorization of 5941 in exponential form is:

5941 = 131 × 4571

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5946

Prime factors of 5946 are 2, 3, 991. Prime factorization of 5946 in exponential form is:

5946 = 21 × 31 × 9911

Step-3: Factors of 5941

List of positive integer factors of 5941 that divides 5941 without a remainder.

1, 13, 457

Step-4: Factors of 5946

List of positive integer factors of 5946 that divides 5941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 991, 1982, 2973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5941 and 5946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5941 and 5946 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5941 and 5946