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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5883 and 5898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5883 and 5898 is 3.

GCF(5883,5898) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5883 and 5898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5883 and 5898.

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How to find the GCF of 5883 and 5898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5883 and 5898. After we will calculate the factors of 5883 and 5898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5883

Prime factors of 5883 are 3, 37, 53. Prime factorization of 5883 in exponential form is:

5883 = 31 × 371 × 531

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5898

Prime factors of 5898 are 2, 3, 983. Prime factorization of 5898 in exponential form is:

5898 = 21 × 31 × 9831

Step-3: Factors of 5883

List of positive integer factors of 5883 that divides 5883 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 53, 111, 159, 1961

Step-4: Factors of 5898

List of positive integer factors of 5898 that divides 5883 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 983, 1966, 2949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5883 and 5898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5883 and 5898 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5883 and 5898