What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5798 and 5816?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5798 and 5816 is 2.

GCF(5798,5816) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5798 and 5816, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5798 and 5816.

How to find the GCF of 5798 and 5816?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5798 and 5816. After we will calculate the factors of 5798 and 5816 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5816

Prime factors of 5816 are 2, 727. Prime factorization of 5816 in exponential form is:

5816 = 2³ × 727¹

Step-3: Factors of 5798

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5816

List of positive integer factors of 5816 that divides 5798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 727, 1454, 2908

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5798 and 5816. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5798 and 5816 is 2.

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