What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5053 and 5058?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5053 and 5058 is 1.

GCF(5053,5058) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5053 and 5058, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5053 and 5058.

How to find the GCF of 5053 and 5058?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5053 and 5058. After we will calculate the factors of 5053 and 5058 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5053

Prime factors of 5053 are 31, 163. Prime factorization of 5053 in exponential form is:

5053 = 31¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5058

Prime factors of 5058 are 2, 3, 281. Prime factorization of 5058 in exponential form is:

5058 = 2¹ × 3² × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 5053

List of positive integer factors of 5053 that divides 5053 without a remainder.

1, 31, 163

Step-4: Factors of 5058

List of positive integer factors of 5058 that divides 5053 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 2529

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5053 and 5058. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5053 and 5058 is 1.

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