What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5730 and 5748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5730 and 5748 is 6.

GCF(5730,5748) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5730 and 5748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5730 and 5748.

How to find the GCF of 5730 and 5748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5730 and 5748. After we will calculate the factors of 5730 and 5748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5748

Prime factors of 5748 are 2, 3, 479. Prime factorization of 5748 in exponential form is:

5748 = 2² × 3¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 5730

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5748

List of positive integer factors of 5748 that divides 5730 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 479, 958, 1437, 1916, 2874

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5730 and 5748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5730 and 5748 is 6.

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