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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5957 and 5977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5957 and 5977 is 1.

GCF(5957,5977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5957 and 5977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5957 and 5977.

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How to find the GCF of 5957 and 5977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5957 and 5977. After we will calculate the factors of 5957 and 5977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5977

Prime factors of 5977 are 43, 139. Prime factorization of 5977 in exponential form is:

5977 = 431 × 1391

Step-3: Factors of 5957

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5977

List of positive integer factors of 5977 that divides 5957 without a remainder.

1, 43, 139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5957 and 5977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5957 and 5977 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5957 and 5977