What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5864 and 5876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5864 and 5876 is 4.

GCF(5864,5876) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5864 and 5876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5864 and 5876.

How to find the GCF of 5864 and 5876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5864 and 5876. After we will calculate the factors of 5864 and 5876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5864

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

5864 = 2³ × 733¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5876

Prime factors of 5876 are 2, 13, 113. Prime factorization of 5876 in exponential form is:

5876 = 2² × 13¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 5864

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5876

List of positive integer factors of 5876 that divides 5864 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 113, 226, 452, 1469, 2938

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5864 and 5876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5864 and 5876 is 4.

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