What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5718 and 5730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5718 and 5730 is 6.

GCF(5718,5730) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5718 and 5730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5718 and 5730.

How to find the GCF of 5718 and 5730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5718 and 5730. After we will calculate the factors of 5718 and 5730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5718

Prime factors of 5718 are 2, 3, 953. Prime factorization of 5718 in exponential form is:

5718 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5730

Prime factors of 5730 are 2, 3, 5, 191. Prime factorization of 5730 in exponential form is:

5730 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 5718

List of positive integer factors of 5718 that divides 5718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 953, 1906, 2859

Step-4: Factors of 5730

List of positive integer factors of 5730 that divides 5718 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 191, 382, 573, 955, 1146, 1910, 2865

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5718 and 5730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5718 and 5730 is 6.

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