What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5233 and 5240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5233 and 5240 is 1.

GCF(5233,5240) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5233 and 5240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5233 and 5240.

How to find the GCF of 5233 and 5240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5233 and 5240. After we will calculate the factors of 5233 and 5240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5233

Prime factors of 5233 are 5233. Prime factorization of 5233 in exponential form is:

5233 = 5233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5240

Prime factors of 5240 are 2, 5, 131. Prime factorization of 5240 in exponential form is:

5240 = 2³ × 5¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 5233

List of positive integer factors of 5233 that divides 5233 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5240

List of positive integer factors of 5240 that divides 5233 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 131, 262, 524, 655, 1048, 1310, 2620

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5233 and 5240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5233 and 5240 is 1.

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