What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5901 and 5916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5901 and 5916 is 3.

GCF(5901,5916) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5901 and 5916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5901 and 5916.

How to find the GCF of 5901 and 5916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5901 and 5916. After we will calculate the factors of 5901 and 5916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5916

Prime factors of 5916 are 2, 3, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 5916 in exponential form is:

5916 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 5901

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5916

List of positive integer factors of 5916 that divides 5901 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 29, 34, 51, 58, 68, 87, 102, 116, 174, 204, 348, 493, 986, 1479, 1972, 2958

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5901 and 5916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5901 and 5916 is 3.

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