What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5918 and 5938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5918 and 5938 is 2.

GCF(5918,5938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5918 and 5938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5918 and 5938.

How to find the GCF of 5918 and 5938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5918 and 5938. After we will calculate the factors of 5918 and 5938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 5938

Prime factors of 5938 are 2, 2969. Prime factorization of 5938 in exponential form is:

5938 = 2¹ × 2969¹

Step-3: Factors of 5918

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 5938

List of positive integer factors of 5938 that divides 5918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5918 and 5938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5918 and 5938 is 2.

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