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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5872 and 5877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5872 and 5877 is 1.

GCF(5872,5877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5872 and 5877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5872 and 5877.

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How to find the GCF of 5872 and 5877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5872 and 5877. After we will calculate the factors of 5872 and 5877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5872

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

5872 = 24 × 3671

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 5872

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5877

List of positive integer factors of 5877 that divides 5872 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 653, 1959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5872 and 5877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5872 and 5877 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5872 and 5877