What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5872 and 5878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5872 and 5878 is 2.

GCF(5872,5878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5872 and 5878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5872 and 5878.

How to find the GCF of 5872 and 5878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5872 and 5878. After we will calculate the factors of 5872 and 5878 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 5878

Prime factors of 5878 are 2, 2939. Prime factorization of 5878 in exponential form is:

5878 = 2¹ × 2939¹

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 5878

List of positive integer factors of 5878 that divides 5872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2939

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5872 and 5878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5872 and 5878 is 2.

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