What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5792 and 5798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5792 and 5798 is 2.

GCF(5792,5798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5792 and 5798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5792 and 5798.

How to find the GCF of 5792 and 5798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5792 and 5798. After we will calculate the factors of 5792 and 5798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5792

Prime factors of 5792 are 2, 181. Prime factorization of 5792 in exponential form is:

5792 = 2⁵ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5798

Prime factors of 5798 are 2, 13, 223. Prime factorization of 5798 in exponential form is:

5798 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 5792

List of positive integer factors of 5792 that divides 5792 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 181, 362, 724, 1448, 2896

Step-4: Factors of 5798

List of positive integer factors of 5798 that divides 5792 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 223, 446, 2899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5792 and 5798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5792 and 5798 is 2.

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