What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5990 and 5997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5990 and 5997 is 1.

GCF(5990,5997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5990 and 5997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5990 and 5997.

How to find the GCF of 5990 and 5997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5990 and 5997. After we will calculate the factors of 5990 and 5997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5990

Prime factors of 5990 are 2, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 5990 in exponential form is:

5990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5997

Prime factors of 5997 are 3, 1999. Prime factorization of 5997 in exponential form is:

5997 = 3¹ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 5990

List of positive integer factors of 5990 that divides 5990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 599, 1198, 2995

Step-4: Factors of 5997

List of positive integer factors of 5997 that divides 5990 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5990 and 5997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5990 and 5997 is 1.

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