What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5844 and 5859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5844 and 5859 is 3.

GCF(5844,5859) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5844 and 5859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5844 and 5859.

How to find the GCF of 5844 and 5859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5844 and 5859. After we will calculate the factors of 5844 and 5859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5844

Prime factors of 5844 are 2, 3, 487. Prime factorization of 5844 in exponential form is:

5844 = 2² × 3¹ × 487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5859

Prime factors of 5859 are 3, 7, 31. Prime factorization of 5859 in exponential form is:

5859 = 3³ × 7¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 5844

List of positive integer factors of 5844 that divides 5844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 487, 974, 1461, 1948, 2922

Step-4: Factors of 5859

List of positive integer factors of 5859 that divides 5844 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 31, 63, 93, 189, 217, 279, 651, 837, 1953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5844 and 5859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5844 and 5859 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5844 and 5859