What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5632 and 5638?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5632 and 5638 is 2.

GCF(5632,5638) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5632 and 5638, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5632 and 5638.

How to find the GCF of 5632 and 5638?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5632 and 5638. After we will calculate the factors of 5632 and 5638 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5632

Prime factors of 5632 are 2, 11. Prime factorization of 5632 in exponential form is:

5632 = 2⁹ × 11¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5638

Prime factors of 5638 are 2, 2819. Prime factorization of 5638 in exponential form is:

5638 = 2¹ × 2819¹

Step-3: Factors of 5632

List of positive integer factors of 5632 that divides 5632 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 64, 88, 128, 176, 256, 352, 512, 704, 1408, 2816

Step-4: Factors of 5638

List of positive integer factors of 5638 that divides 5632 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2819

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5632 and 5638. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5632 and 5638 is 2.

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