What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5887 and 5901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5887 and 5901 is 7.

GCF(5887,5901) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5887 and 5901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5887 and 5901.

How to find the GCF of 5887 and 5901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5887 and 5901. After we will calculate the factors of 5887 and 5901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5887

Prime factors of 5887 are 7, 29. Prime factorization of 5887 in exponential form is:

5887 = 7¹ × 29²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5901

Prime factors of 5901 are 3, 7, 281. Prime factorization of 5901 in exponential form is:

5901 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 5887

List of positive integer factors of 5887 that divides 5887 without a remainder.

1, 7, 29, 203, 841

Step-4: Factors of 5901

List of positive integer factors of 5901 that divides 5887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 281, 843, 1967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5887 and 5901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5887 and 5901 is 7.

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