What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5687 and 5698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5687 and 5698 is 11.

GCF(5687,5698) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5687 and 5698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5687 and 5698.

How to find the GCF of 5687 and 5698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5687 and 5698. After we will calculate the factors of 5687 and 5698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5687

Prime factors of 5687 are 11, 47. Prime factorization of 5687 in exponential form is:

5687 = 11² × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5698

Prime factors of 5698 are 2, 7, 11, 37. Prime factorization of 5698 in exponential form is:

5698 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 5687

List of positive integer factors of 5687 that divides 5687 without a remainder.

1, 11, 47, 121, 517

Step-4: Factors of 5698

List of positive integer factors of 5698 that divides 5687 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 37, 74, 77, 154, 259, 407, 518, 814, 2849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5687 and 5698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5687 and 5698 is 11.

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