What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5748 and 5760?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5748 and 5760 is 12.

GCF(5748,5760) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5748 and 5760, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5748 and 5760.

How to find the GCF of 5748 and 5760?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5748 and 5760. After we will calculate the factors of 5748 and 5760 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5760

Prime factors of 5760 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 5760 in exponential form is:

5760 = 2⁷ × 3² × 5¹

Step-3: Factors of 5748

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5760

List of positive integer factors of 5760 that divides 5748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, 36, 40, 45, 48, 60, 64, 72, 80, 90, 96, 120, 128, 144, 160, 180, 192, 240, 288, 320, 360, 384, 480, 576, 640, 720, 960, 1152, 1440, 1920, 2880

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5748 and 5760. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5748 and 5760 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5748 and 5760