What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5712 and 5720?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5712 and 5720 is 8.

GCF(5712,5720) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5712 and 5720, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5712 and 5720.

How to find the GCF of 5712 and 5720?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5712 and 5720. After we will calculate the factors of 5712 and 5720 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5712

Prime factors of 5712 are 2, 3, 7, 17. Prime factorization of 5712 in exponential form is:

5712 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5720

Prime factors of 5720 are 2, 5, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 5720 in exponential form is:

5720 = 2³ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 5712

List of positive integer factors of 5712 that divides 5712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 24, 28, 34, 42, 48, 51, 56, 68, 84, 102, 112, 119, 136, 168, 204, 238, 272, 336, 357, 408, 476, 714, 816, 952, 1428, 1904, 2856

Step-4: Factors of 5720

List of positive integer factors of 5720 that divides 5712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22, 26, 40, 44, 52, 55, 65, 88, 104, 110, 130, 143, 220, 260, 286, 440, 520, 572, 715, 1144, 1430, 2860

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5712 and 5720. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5712 and 5720 is 8.

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