What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5876 and 5891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5876 and 5891 is 1.

GCF(5876,5891) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5876 and 5891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5876 and 5891.

How to find the GCF of 5876 and 5891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5876 and 5891. After we will calculate the factors of 5876 and 5891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5876

Prime factors of 5876 are 2, 13, 113. Prime factorization of 5876 in exponential form is:

5876 = 2² × 13¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5891

Prime factors of 5891 are 43, 137. Prime factorization of 5891 in exponential form is:

5891 = 43¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 5876

List of positive integer factors of 5876 that divides 5876 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 113, 226, 452, 1469, 2938

Step-4: Factors of 5891

List of positive integer factors of 5891 that divides 5876 without a remainder.

1, 43, 137

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5876 and 5891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5876 and 5891 is 1.

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