What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10520 and 10525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10520 and 10525 is 5.

GCF(10520,10525) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10520 and 10525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10520 and 10525.

How to find the GCF of 10520 and 10525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10520 and 10525. After we will calculate the factors of 10520 and 10525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10520

Prime factors of 10520 are 2, 5, 263. Prime factorization of 10520 in exponential form is:

10520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10525

Prime factors of 10525 are 5, 421. Prime factorization of 10525 in exponential form is:

10525 = 5² × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 10520

List of positive integer factors of 10520 that divides 10520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 263, 526, 1052, 1315, 2104, 2630, 5260

Step-4: Factors of 10525

List of positive integer factors of 10525 that divides 10520 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 421, 2105

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10520 and 10525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10520 and 10525 is 5.

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