What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5901 and 5918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5901 and 5918 is 1.

GCF(5901,5918) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5901 and 5918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5901 and 5918.

How to find the GCF of 5901 and 5918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5901 and 5918. After we will calculate the factors of 5901 and 5918 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 5918

Prime factors of 5918 are 2, 11, 269. Prime factorization of 5918 in exponential form is:

5918 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 269¹

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 5918

List of positive integer factors of 5918 that divides 5901 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 269, 538, 2959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5901 and 5918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5901 and 5918 is 1.

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