What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5936 and 5945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5936 and 5945 is 1.

GCF(5936,5945) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5936 and 5945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5936 and 5945.

How to find the GCF of 5936 and 5945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5936 and 5945. After we will calculate the factors of 5936 and 5945 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 5945

Prime factors of 5945 are 5, 29, 41. Prime factorization of 5945 in exponential form is:

5945 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 41¹

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 5945

List of positive integer factors of 5945 that divides 5936 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 41, 145, 205, 1189

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5936 and 5945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5936 and 5945 is 1.

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