What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5001 and 5016?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5001 and 5016 is 3.

GCF(5001,5016) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5001 and 5016, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5001 and 5016.

How to find the GCF of 5001 and 5016?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5001 and 5016. After we will calculate the factors of 5001 and 5016 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5001

Prime factors of 5001 are 3, 1667. Prime factorization of 5001 in exponential form is:

5001 = 3¹ × 1667¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5016

Prime factors of 5016 are 2, 3, 11, 19. Prime factorization of 5016 in exponential form is:

5016 = 2³ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 5001

List of positive integer factors of 5001 that divides 5001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1667

Step-4: Factors of 5016

List of positive integer factors of 5016 that divides 5001 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 19, 22, 24, 33, 38, 44, 57, 66, 76, 88, 114, 132, 152, 209, 228, 264, 418, 456, 627, 836, 1254, 1672, 2508

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5001 and 5016. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5001 and 5016 is 3.

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