What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5841 and 5855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5841 and 5855 is 1.

GCF(5841,5855) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5841 and 5855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5841 and 5855.

How to find the GCF of 5841 and 5855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5841 and 5855. After we will calculate the factors of 5841 and 5855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5855

Prime factors of 5855 are 5, 1171. Prime factorization of 5855 in exponential form is:

5855 = 5¹ × 1171¹

Step-3: Factors of 5841

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5855

List of positive integer factors of 5855 that divides 5841 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5841 and 5855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5841 and 5855 is 1.

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