What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5843 and 5856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5843 and 5856 is 1.

GCF(5843,5856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5843 and 5856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5843 and 5856.

How to find the GCF of 5843 and 5856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5843 and 5856. After we will calculate the factors of 5843 and 5856 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 5856

Prime factors of 5856 are 2, 3, 61. Prime factorization of 5856 in exponential form is:

5856 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 5843

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

Step-4: Factors of 5856

List of positive integer factors of 5856 that divides 5843 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 61, 96, 122, 183, 244, 366, 488, 732, 976, 1464, 1952, 2928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5843 and 5856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5843 and 5856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5843 and 5856