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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5934 and 5948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5934 and 5948 is 2.

GCF(5934,5948) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5934 and 5948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5934 and 5948.

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How to find the GCF of 5934 and 5948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5934 and 5948. After we will calculate the factors of 5934 and 5948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5934

Prime factors of 5934 are 2, 3, 23, 43. Prime factorization of 5934 in exponential form is:

5934 = 21 × 31 × 231 × 431

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5948

Prime factors of 5948 are 2, 1487. Prime factorization of 5948 in exponential form is:

5948 = 22 × 14871

Step-3: Factors of 5934

List of positive integer factors of 5934 that divides 5934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 43, 46, 69, 86, 129, 138, 258, 989, 1978, 2967

Step-4: Factors of 5948

List of positive integer factors of 5948 that divides 5934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1487, 2974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5934 and 5948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5934 and 5948 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5934 and 5948