What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5984 and 5988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5984 and 5988 is 4.

GCF(5984,5988) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5984 and 5988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5984 and 5988.

How to find the GCF of 5984 and 5988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5984 and 5988. After we will calculate the factors of 5984 and 5988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5984

Prime factors of 5984 are 2, 11, 17. Prime factorization of 5984 in exponential form is:

5984 = 2⁵ × 11¹ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5988

Prime factors of 5988 are 2, 3, 499. Prime factorization of 5988 in exponential form is:

5988 = 2² × 3¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 5984

List of positive integer factors of 5984 that divides 5984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 17, 22, 32, 34, 44, 68, 88, 136, 176, 187, 272, 352, 374, 544, 748, 1496, 2992

Step-4: Factors of 5988

List of positive integer factors of 5988 that divides 5984 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5984 and 5988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5984 and 5988 is 4.

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