What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5850 and 5864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5850 and 5864 is 2.

GCF(5850,5864) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5850 and 5864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5850 and 5864.

How to find the GCF of 5850 and 5864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5850 and 5864. After we will calculate the factors of 5850 and 5864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5850

Prime factors of 5850 are 2, 3, 5, 13. Prime factorization of 5850 in exponential form is:

5850 = 2¹ × 3² × 5² × 13¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5864

Prime factors of 5864 are 2, 733. Prime factorization of 5864 in exponential form is:

5864 = 2³ × 733¹

Step-3: Factors of 5850

List of positive integer factors of 5850 that divides 5850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 25, 26, 30, 39, 45, 50, 65, 75, 78, 90, 117, 130, 150, 195, 225, 234, 325, 390, 450, 585, 650, 975, 1170, 1950, 2925

Step-4: Factors of 5864

List of positive integer factors of 5864 that divides 5850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 733, 1466, 2932

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5850 and 5864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5850 and 5864 is 2.

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