What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5601 and 5616?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5601 and 5616 is 3.

GCF(5601,5616) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5601 and 5616, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5601 and 5616.

How to find the GCF of 5601 and 5616?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5601 and 5616. After we will calculate the factors of 5601 and 5616 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5601

Prime factors of 5601 are 3, 1867. Prime factorization of 5601 in exponential form is:

5601 = 3¹ × 1867¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5616

Prime factors of 5616 are 2, 3, 13. Prime factorization of 5616 in exponential form is:

5616 = 2⁴ × 3³ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 5601

List of positive integer factors of 5601 that divides 5601 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1867

Step-4: Factors of 5616

List of positive integer factors of 5616 that divides 5601 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 24, 26, 27, 36, 39, 48, 52, 54, 72, 78, 104, 108, 117, 144, 156, 208, 216, 234, 312, 351, 432, 468, 624, 702, 936, 1404, 1872, 2808

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5601 and 5616. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5601 and 5616 is 3.

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