What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5648 and 5668?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5648 and 5668 is 4.

GCF(5648,5668) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5648 and 5668, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5648 and 5668.

How to find the GCF of 5648 and 5668?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5648 and 5668. After we will calculate the factors of 5648 and 5668 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5648

Prime factors of 5648 are 2, 353. Prime factorization of 5648 in exponential form is:

5648 = 2⁴ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5668

Prime factors of 5668 are 2, 13, 109. Prime factorization of 5668 in exponential form is:

5668 = 2² × 13¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 5648

List of positive integer factors of 5648 that divides 5648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 353, 706, 1412, 2824

Step-4: Factors of 5668

List of positive integer factors of 5668 that divides 5648 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 109, 218, 436, 1417, 2834

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5648 and 5668. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5648 and 5668 is 4.

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