3,292 and 5,430 are not relatively prime... if:
- If there is at least one number other than 1 that evenly divides the two numbers (without a remainder). Or...
- Or, in other words, if their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf (hcf, gcd), is not equal to 1.
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor),
gcf (hcf, gcd), of the two numbers
Method 1. The prime factorization:
The prime factorization of a number: finding the prime numbers that multiply together to make that number.
3,292 = 22 × 823
3,292 is not a prime number, is a composite one.
5,430 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 181
5,430 is not a prime number, is a composite one.
- Prime number: a number that is divisible (dividing evenly) only by 1 and itself. A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself.
- Composite number: a natural number that has at least one other factor than 1 and itself.
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf (hcf, gcd):
Multiply all the common prime factors of the two numbers, taken by their smallest exponents (powers).
Step 1. Divide the larger number by the smaller one:
5,430 ÷ 3,292 = 1 + 2,138
Step 2. Divide the smaller number by the above operation's remainder:
3,292 ÷ 2,138 = 1 + 1,154
Step 3. Divide the remainder of the step 1 by the remainder of the step 2:
2,138 ÷ 1,154 = 1 + 984
Step 4. Divide the remainder of the step 2 by the remainder of the step 3:
1,154 ÷ 984 = 1 + 170
Step 5. Divide the remainder of the step 3 by the remainder of the step 4:
984 ÷ 170 = 5 + 134
Step 6. Divide the remainder of the step 4 by the remainder of the step 5:
170 ÷ 134 = 1 + 36
Step 7. Divide the remainder of the step 5 by the remainder of the step 6:
134 ÷ 36 = 3 + 26
Step 8. Divide the remainder of the step 6 by the remainder of the step 7:
36 ÷ 26 = 1 + 10
Step 9. Divide the remainder of the step 7 by the remainder of the step 8:
26 ÷ 10 = 2 + 6
Step 10. Divide the remainder of the step 8 by the remainder of the step 9:
10 ÷ 6 = 1 + 4
Step 11. Divide the remainder of the step 9 by the remainder of the step 10:
6 ÷ 4 = 1 + 2
Step 12. Divide the remainder of the step 10 by the remainder of the step 11:
4 ÷ 2 = 2 + 0
At this step, the remainder is zero, so we stop:
2 is the number we were looking for - the last non-zero remainder.
This is the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor).
gcf (hcf, gcd) (3,292; 5,430) = 2 ≠ 1
Are the numbers 3,292 and 5,430 coprime (prime to each other, relatively prime)? No, they are not.
gcf (hcf, gcd) (3,292; 5,430) = 2 ≠ 1