What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5871 and 5877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5871 and 5877 is 3.

GCF(5871,5877) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5871 and 5877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5871 and 5877.

How to find the GCF of 5871 and 5877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5871 and 5877. After we will calculate the factors of 5871 and 5877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5871

Prime factors of 5871 are 3, 19, 103. Prime factorization of 5871 in exponential form is:

5871 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5877

Prime factors of 5877 are 3, 653. Prime factorization of 5877 in exponential form is:

5877 = 3² × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 5871

List of positive integer factors of 5871 that divides 5871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 103, 309, 1957

Step-4: Factors of 5877

List of positive integer factors of 5877 that divides 5871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 653, 1959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5871 and 5877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5871 and 5877 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5871 and 5877