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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5874 and 5890?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5874 and 5890 is 2.

GCF(5874,5890) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5874 and 5890, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5874 and 5890.

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How to find the GCF of 5874 and 5890?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5874 and 5890. After we will calculate the factors of 5874 and 5890 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5890

Prime factors of 5890 are 2, 5, 19, 31. Prime factorization of 5890 in exponential form is:

5890 = 21 × 51 × 191 × 311

Step-3: Factors of 5874

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5890

List of positive integer factors of 5890 that divides 5874 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 31, 38, 62, 95, 155, 190, 310, 589, 1178, 2945

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5874 and 5890. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5874 and 5890 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5874 and 5890