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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5975 and 5988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5975 and 5988 is 1.

GCF(5975,5988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5975 and 5988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5975 and 5988.

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How to find the GCF of 5975 and 5988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5975 and 5988. After we will calculate the factors of 5975 and 5988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5975

Prime factors of 5975 are 5, 239. Prime factorization of 5975 in exponential form is:

5975 = 52 × 2391

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 5975

List of positive integer factors of 5975 that divides 5975 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 239, 1195

Step-4: Factors of 5988

List of positive integer factors of 5988 that divides 5975 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 5975 and 5988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5975 and 5988 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 5975 and 5988