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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5904 and 5918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5904 and 5918 is 2.

GCF(5904,5918) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5904 and 5918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5904 and 5918.

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How to find the GCF of 5904 and 5918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5904 and 5918. After we will calculate the factors of 5904 and 5918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5904

Prime factors of 5904 are 2, 3, 41. Prime factorization of 5904 in exponential form is:

5904 = 24 × 32 × 411

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 5904

List of positive integer factors of 5904 that divides 5904 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 36, 41, 48, 72, 82, 123, 144, 164, 246, 328, 369, 492, 656, 738, 984, 1476, 1968, 2952

Step-4: Factors of 5918

List of positive integer factors of 5918 that divides 5904 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5904 and 5918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5904 and 5918 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5904 and 5918