What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5998 and 6014?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5998 and 6014 is 2.

GCF(5998,6014) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5998 and 6014, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5998 and 6014.

How to find the GCF of 5998 and 6014?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5998 and 6014. After we will calculate the factors of 5998 and 6014 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5998

Prime factors of 5998 are 2, 2999. Prime factorization of 5998 in exponential form is:

5998 = 2¹ × 2999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 6014

Prime factors of 6014 are 2, 31, 97. Prime factorization of 6014 in exponential form is:

6014 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 5998

List of positive integer factors of 5998 that divides 5998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 2999

Step-4: Factors of 6014

List of positive integer factors of 6014 that divides 5998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 97, 194, 3007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5998 and 6014. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5998 and 6014 is 2.

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