What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5986 and 5996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5986 and 5996 is 2.

GCF(5986,5996) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5986 and 5996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5986 and 5996.

How to find the GCF of 5986 and 5996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5986 and 5996. After we will calculate the factors of 5986 and 5996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5986

Prime factors of 5986 are 2, 41, 73. Prime factorization of 5986 in exponential form is:

5986 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5996

Prime factors of 5996 are 2, 1499. Prime factorization of 5996 in exponential form is:

5996 = 2² × 1499¹

Step-3: Factors of 5986

List of positive integer factors of 5986 that divides 5986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 73, 82, 146, 2993

Step-4: Factors of 5996

List of positive integer factors of 5996 that divides 5986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1499, 2998

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5986 and 5996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5986 and 5996 is 2.

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