What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5856 and 5863?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5856 and 5863 is 1.

GCF(5856,5863) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5856 and 5863, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5856 and 5863.

How to find the GCF of 5856 and 5863?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5856 and 5863. After we will calculate the factors of 5856 and 5863 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5863

Prime factors of 5863 are 11, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 5863 in exponential form is:

5863 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 5856

List of positive integer factors of 5856 that divides 5856 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

Step-4: Factors of 5863

List of positive integer factors of 5863 that divides 5856 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 41, 143, 451, 533

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5856 and 5863. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5856 and 5863 is 1.

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