What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5736 and 5754?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5736 and 5754 is 6.

GCF(5736,5754) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5736 and 5754, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5736 and 5754.

How to find the GCF of 5736 and 5754?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5736 and 5754. After we will calculate the factors of 5736 and 5754 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5736

Prime factors of 5736 are 2, 3, 239. Prime factorization of 5736 in exponential form is:

5736 = 2³ × 3¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5754

Prime factors of 5754 are 2, 3, 7, 137. Prime factorization of 5754 in exponential form is:

5754 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 5736

List of positive integer factors of 5736 that divides 5736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 239, 478, 717, 956, 1434, 1912, 2868

Step-4: Factors of 5754

List of positive integer factors of 5754 that divides 5736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 137, 274, 411, 822, 959, 1918, 2877

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5736 and 5754. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5736 and 5754 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5736 and 5754