What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5936 and 5941?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5936 and 5941 is 1.

GCF(5936,5941) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5936 and 5941, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5936 and 5941.

How to find the GCF of 5936 and 5941?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5936 and 5941. After we will calculate the factors of 5936 and 5941 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 5941

Prime factors of 5941 are 13, 457. Prime factorization of 5941 in exponential form is:

5941 = 13¹ × 457¹

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 5941

List of positive integer factors of 5941 that divides 5936 without a remainder.

1, 13, 457

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5936 and 5941. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5936 and 5941 is 1.

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