What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5936 and 5953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5936 and 5953 is 1.

GCF(5936,5953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5936 and 5953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5936 and 5953.

How to find the GCF of 5936 and 5953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5936 and 5953. After we will calculate the factors of 5936 and 5953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5936

Prime factors of 5936 are 2, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 5936 in exponential form is:

5936 = 2⁴ × 7¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5953

Prime factors of 5953 are 5953. Prime factorization of 5953 in exponential form is:

5953 = 5953¹

Step-3: Factors of 5936

List of positive integer factors of 5936 that divides 5936 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 16, 28, 53, 56, 106, 112, 212, 371, 424, 742, 848, 1484, 2968

Step-4: Factors of 5953

List of positive integer factors of 5953 that divides 5936 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5936 and 5953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5936 and 5953 is 1.

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