What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5879 and 5890?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5879 and 5890 is 1.

GCF(5879,5890) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5879 and 5890, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5879 and 5890.

How to find the GCF of 5879 and 5890?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5879 and 5890. After we will calculate the factors of 5879 and 5890 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5879

Prime factors of 5879 are 5879. Prime factorization of 5879 in exponential form is:

5879 = 5879¹

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 5879

List of positive integer factors of 5879 that divides 5879 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5890

List of positive integer factors of 5890 that divides 5879 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 5879 and 5890. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5879 and 5890 is 1.

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