What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5863 and 5874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5863 and 5874 is 11.

GCF(5863,5874) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5863 and 5874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5863 and 5874.

How to find the GCF of 5863 and 5874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5863 and 5874. After we will calculate the factors of 5863 and 5874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5874

Prime factors of 5874 are 2, 3, 11, 89. Prime factorization of 5874 in exponential form is:

5874 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 5863

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5874

List of positive integer factors of 5874 that divides 5863 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 89, 178, 267, 534, 979, 1958, 2937

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5863 and 5874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5863 and 5874 is 11.

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