What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5884 and 5896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5884 and 5896 is 4.

GCF(5884,5896) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5884 and 5896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5884 and 5896.

How to find the GCF of 5884 and 5896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5884 and 5896. After we will calculate the factors of 5884 and 5896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5884

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

5884 = 2² × 1471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5896

Prime factors of 5896 are 2, 11, 67. Prime factorization of 5896 in exponential form is:

5896 = 2³ × 11¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 5884

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

1, 2, 4, 1471, 2942

Step-4: Factors of 5896

List of positive integer factors of 5896 that divides 5884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 67, 88, 134, 268, 536, 737, 1474, 2948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5884 and 5896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5884 and 5896 is 4.

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