What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5343 and 5361?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5343 and 5361 is 3.

GCF(5343,5361) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5343 and 5361, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5343 and 5361.

How to find the GCF of 5343 and 5361?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5343 and 5361. After we will calculate the factors of 5343 and 5361 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5343

Prime factors of 5343 are 3, 13, 137. Prime factorization of 5343 in exponential form is:

5343 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5361

Prime factors of 5361 are 3, 1787. Prime factorization of 5361 in exponential form is:

5361 = 3¹ × 1787¹

Step-3: Factors of 5343

List of positive integer factors of 5343 that divides 5343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 137, 411, 1781

Step-4: Factors of 5361

List of positive integer factors of 5361 that divides 5343 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1787

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5343 and 5361. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5343 and 5361 is 3.

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