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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5036 and 5044?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5036 and 5044 is 4.

GCF(5036,5044) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5036 and 5044, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5036 and 5044.

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How to find the GCF of 5036 and 5044?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5036 and 5044. After we will calculate the factors of 5036 and 5044 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5036

Prime factors of 5036 are 2, 1259. Prime factorization of 5036 in exponential form is:

5036 = 22 × 12591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5044

Prime factors of 5044 are 2, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 5044 in exponential form is:

5044 = 22 × 131 × 971

Step-3: Factors of 5036

List of positive integer factors of 5036 that divides 5036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1259, 2518

Step-4: Factors of 5044

List of positive integer factors of 5044 that divides 5036 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 97, 194, 388, 1261, 2522

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5036 and 5044. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5036 and 5044 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5036 and 5044