What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5079 and 5094?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5079 and 5094 is 3.

GCF(5079,5094) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5079 and 5094, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5079 and 5094.

How to find the GCF of 5079 and 5094?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5079 and 5094. After we will calculate the factors of 5079 and 5094 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5079

Prime factors of 5079 are 3, 1693. Prime factorization of 5079 in exponential form is:

5079 = 3¹ × 1693¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5094

Prime factors of 5094 are 2, 3, 283. Prime factorization of 5094 in exponential form is:

5094 = 2¹ × 3² × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 5079

List of positive integer factors of 5079 that divides 5079 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1693

Step-4: Factors of 5094

List of positive integer factors of 5094 that divides 5079 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 283, 566, 849, 1698, 2547

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5079 and 5094. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5079 and 5094 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5079 and 5094