What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5994 and 6011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5994 and 6011 is 1.

GCF(5994,6011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5994 and 6011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5994 and 6011.

How to find the GCF of 5994 and 6011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5994 and 6011. After we will calculate the factors of 5994 and 6011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5994

Prime factors of 5994 are 2, 3, 37. Prime factorization of 5994 in exponential form is:

5994 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6011

Prime factors of 6011 are 6011. Prime factorization of 6011 in exponential form is:

6011 = 6011¹

Step-3: Factors of 5994

List of positive integer factors of 5994 that divides 5994 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 37, 54, 74, 81, 111, 162, 222, 333, 666, 999, 1998, 2997

Step-4: Factors of 6011

List of positive integer factors of 6011 that divides 5994 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5994 and 6011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5994 and 6011 is 1.

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