What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5826 and 5841?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5826 and 5841 is 3.

GCF(5826,5841) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5826 and 5841, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5826 and 5841.

How to find the GCF of 5826 and 5841?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5826 and 5841. After we will calculate the factors of 5826 and 5841 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5826

Prime factors of 5826 are 2, 3, 971. Prime factorization of 5826 in exponential form is:

5826 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5841

Prime factors of 5841 are 3, 11, 59. Prime factorization of 5841 in exponential form is:

5841 = 3² × 11¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 5826

List of positive integer factors of 5826 that divides 5826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 971, 1942, 2913

Step-4: Factors of 5841

List of positive integer factors of 5841 that divides 5826 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 59, 99, 177, 531, 649, 1947

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5826 and 5841. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5826 and 5841 is 3.

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