What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5973 and 5982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5973 and 5982 is 3.

GCF(5973,5982) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5973 and 5982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5973 and 5982.

How to find the GCF of 5973 and 5982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5973 and 5982. After we will calculate the factors of 5973 and 5982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5973

Prime factors of 5973 are 3, 11, 181. Prime factorization of 5973 in exponential form is:

5973 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5982

Prime factors of 5982 are 2, 3, 997. Prime factorization of 5982 in exponential form is:

5982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 997¹

Step-3: Factors of 5973

List of positive integer factors of 5973 that divides 5973 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 181, 543, 1991

Step-4: Factors of 5982

List of positive integer factors of 5982 that divides 5973 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 997, 1994, 2991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5973 and 5982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5973 and 5982 is 3.

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