What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5296 and 5300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5296 and 5300 is 4.

GCF(5296,5300) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5296 and 5300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5296 and 5300.

How to find the GCF of 5296 and 5300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5296 and 5300. After we will calculate the factors of 5296 and 5300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5296

Prime factors of 5296 are 2, 331. Prime factorization of 5296 in exponential form is:

5296 = 2⁴ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5300

Prime factors of 5300 are 2, 5, 53. Prime factorization of 5300 in exponential form is:

5300 = 2² × 5² × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 5296

List of positive integer factors of 5296 that divides 5296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 331, 662, 1324, 2648

Step-4: Factors of 5300

List of positive integer factors of 5300 that divides 5296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 53, 100, 106, 212, 265, 530, 1060, 1325, 2650

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5296 and 5300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5296 and 5300 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5296 and 5300