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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5826 and 5836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5826 and 5836 is 2.

GCF(5826,5836) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5826 and 5836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5826 and 5836.

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How to find the GCF of 5826 and 5836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5826 and 5836. After we will calculate the factors of 5826 and 5836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5826

Prime factors of 5826 are 2, 3, 971. Prime factorization of 5826 in exponential form is:

5826 = 21 × 31 × 9711

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5836

Prime factors of 5836 are 2, 1459. Prime factorization of 5836 in exponential form is:

5836 = 22 × 14591

Step-3: Factors of 5826

List of positive integer factors of 5826 that divides 5826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 971, 1942, 2913

Step-4: Factors of 5836

List of positive integer factors of 5836 that divides 5826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 1459, 2918

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5826 and 5836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5826 and 5836 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5826 and 5836