What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5432 and 5436?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5432 and 5436 is 4.

GCF(5432,5436) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5432 and 5436, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5432 and 5436.

How to find the GCF of 5432 and 5436?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5432 and 5436. After we will calculate the factors of 5432 and 5436 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5432

Prime factors of 5432 are 2, 7, 97. Prime factorization of 5432 in exponential form is:

5432 = 2³ × 7¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5436

Prime factors of 5436 are 2, 3, 151. Prime factorization of 5436 in exponential form is:

5436 = 2² × 3² × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 5432

List of positive integer factors of 5432 that divides 5432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 97, 194, 388, 679, 776, 1358, 2716

Step-4: Factors of 5436

List of positive integer factors of 5436 that divides 5432 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 151, 302, 453, 604, 906, 1359, 1812, 2718

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5432 and 5436. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5432 and 5436 is 4.

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