What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5162 and 5168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5162 and 5168 is 2.

GCF(5162,5168) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5162 and 5168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5162 and 5168.

How to find the GCF of 5162 and 5168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5162 and 5168. After we will calculate the factors of 5162 and 5168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5162

Prime factors of 5162 are 2, 29, 89. Prime factorization of 5162 in exponential form is:

5162 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5168

Prime factors of 5168 are 2, 17, 19. Prime factorization of 5168 in exponential form is:

5168 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 19¹

Step-3: Factors of 5162

List of positive integer factors of 5162 that divides 5162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 89, 178, 2581

Step-4: Factors of 5168

List of positive integer factors of 5168 that divides 5162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 19, 34, 38, 68, 76, 136, 152, 272, 304, 323, 646, 1292, 2584

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5162 and 5168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5162 and 5168 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5162 and 5168