What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5875 and 5884?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5875 and 5884 is 1.

GCF(5875,5884) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5875 and 5884, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5875 and 5884.

How to find the GCF of 5875 and 5884?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5875 and 5884. After we will calculate the factors of 5875 and 5884 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5875

Prime factors of 5875 are 5, 47. Prime factorization of 5875 in exponential form is:

5875 = 5³ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5884

Prime factors of 5884 are 2, 1471. Prime factorization of 5884 in exponential form is:

5884 = 2² × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 5875

List of positive integer factors of 5875 that divides 5875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 47, 125, 235, 1175

Step-4: Factors of 5884

List of positive integer factors of 5884 that divides 5875 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1471, 2942

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5875 and 5884. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5875 and 5884 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5875 and 5884