What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5843 and 5848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5843 and 5848 is 1.

GCF(5843,5848) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5843 and 5848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5843 and 5848.

How to find the GCF of 5843 and 5848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5843 and 5848. After we will calculate the factors of 5843 and 5848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5843

Prime factors of 5843 are 5843. Prime factorization of 5843 in exponential form is:

5843 = 5843¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5848

Prime factors of 5848 are 2, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 5848 in exponential form is:

5848 = 2³ × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 5843

List of positive integer factors of 5843 that divides 5843 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5848

List of positive integer factors of 5848 that divides 5843 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 43, 68, 86, 136, 172, 344, 731, 1462, 2924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5843 and 5848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5843 and 5848 is 1.

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