What is the least common factor of 58 and 1?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 58 and 1?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 58 and 1.

Factors of 58 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 58. Likewise, factors of 1 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 1.

The factors of 58 are 1, 2, 29, and 58.

The factors 1 are 1 and 1.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 58 and 1?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 58 and 1 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 58 and 1, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 58 and 1, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 58 and 1. The greatest factor 58 and 1 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 58 and 1, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 58 and 1 is 58.

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