What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5875 and 5886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5875 and 5886 is 1.

GCF(5875,5886) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5875 and 5886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5875 and 5886.

How to find the GCF of 5875 and 5886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5875 and 5886. After we will calculate the factors of 5875 and 5886 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 5886

Prime factors of 5886 are 2, 3, 109. Prime factorization of 5886 in exponential form is:

5886 = 2¹ × 3³ × 109¹

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 5886

List of positive integer factors of 5886 that divides 5875 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 109, 218, 327, 654, 981, 1962, 2943

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5875 and 5886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5875 and 5886 is 1.

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