What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5860 and 5872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5860 and 5872 is 4.

GCF(5860,5872) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5860 and 5872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5860 and 5872.

How to find the GCF of 5860 and 5872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5860 and 5872. After we will calculate the factors of 5860 and 5872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5860

Prime factors of 5860 are 2, 5, 293. Prime factorization of 5860 in exponential form is:

5860 = 2² × 5¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5872

Prime factors of 5872 are 2, 367. Prime factorization of 5872 in exponential form is:

5872 = 2⁴ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 5860

List of positive integer factors of 5860 that divides 5860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 293, 586, 1172, 1465, 2930

Step-4: Factors of 5872

List of positive integer factors of 5872 that divides 5860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 367, 734, 1468, 2936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5860 and 5872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5860 and 5872 is 4.

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