What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5927 and 5940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5927 and 5940 is 1.

GCF(5927,5940) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5927 and 5940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5927 and 5940.

How to find the GCF of 5927 and 5940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5927 and 5940. After we will calculate the factors of 5927 and 5940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5927

Prime factors of 5927 are 5927. Prime factorization of 5927 in exponential form is:

5927 = 5927¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5940

Prime factors of 5940 are 2, 3, 5, 11. Prime factorization of 5940 in exponential form is:

5940 = 2² × 3³ × 5¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 5927

List of positive integer factors of 5927 that divides 5927 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 5940

List of positive integer factors of 5940 that divides 5927 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 27, 30, 33, 36, 44, 45, 54, 55, 60, 66, 90, 99, 108, 110, 132, 135, 165, 180, 198, 220, 270, 297, 330, 396, 495, 540, 594, 660, 990, 1188, 1485, 1980, 2970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5927 and 5940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5927 and 5940 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5927 and 5940