What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5672 and 5680?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5672 and 5680 is 8.

GCF(5672,5680) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5672 and 5680, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5672 and 5680.

How to find the GCF of 5672 and 5680?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5672 and 5680. After we will calculate the factors of 5672 and 5680 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5672

Prime factors of 5672 are 2, 709. Prime factorization of 5672 in exponential form is:

5672 = 2³ × 709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5680

Prime factors of 5680 are 2, 5, 71. Prime factorization of 5680 in exponential form is:

5680 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 5672

List of positive integer factors of 5672 that divides 5672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 709, 1418, 2836

Step-4: Factors of 5680

List of positive integer factors of 5680 that divides 5672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 71, 80, 142, 284, 355, 568, 710, 1136, 1420, 2840

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5672 and 5680. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5672 and 5680 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5672 and 5680