What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5990 and 6008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5990 and 6008 is 2.

GCF(5990,6008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5990 and 6008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5990 and 6008.

How to find the GCF of 5990 and 6008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5990 and 6008. After we will calculate the factors of 5990 and 6008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5990

Prime factors of 5990 are 2, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 5990 in exponential form is:

5990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6008

Prime factors of 6008 are 2, 751. Prime factorization of 6008 in exponential form is:

6008 = 2³ × 751¹

Step-3: Factors of 5990

List of positive integer factors of 5990 that divides 5990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 599, 1198, 2995

Step-4: Factors of 6008

List of positive integer factors of 6008 that divides 5990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 751, 1502, 3004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5990 and 6008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5990 and 6008 is 2.

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