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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5898 and 5905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5898 and 5905 is 1.

GCF(5898,5905) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5898 and 5905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5898 and 5905.

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How to find the GCF of 5898 and 5905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5898 and 5905. After we will calculate the factors of 5898 and 5905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5905

Prime factors of 5905 are 5, 1181. Prime factorization of 5905 in exponential form is:

5905 = 51 × 11811

Step-3: Factors of 5898

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5905

List of positive integer factors of 5905 that divides 5898 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5898 and 5905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5898 and 5905 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5898 and 5905