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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5950 and 5961?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5950 and 5961 is 1.

GCF(5950,5961) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5950 and 5961, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5950 and 5961.

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How to find the GCF of 5950 and 5961?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5950 and 5961. After we will calculate the factors of 5950 and 5961 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5950

Prime factors of 5950 are 2, 5, 7, 17. Prime factorization of 5950 in exponential form is:

5950 = 21 × 52 × 71 × 171

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5961

Prime factors of 5961 are 3, 1987. Prime factorization of 5961 in exponential form is:

5961 = 31 × 19871

Step-3: Factors of 5950

List of positive integer factors of 5950 that divides 5950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 17, 25, 34, 35, 50, 70, 85, 119, 170, 175, 238, 350, 425, 595, 850, 1190, 2975

Step-4: Factors of 5961

List of positive integer factors of 5961 that divides 5950 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5950 and 5961. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5950 and 5961 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5950 and 5961