What is the Greatest Common Factor of 12500 and 12520?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 12500 and 12520 is 20.

GCF(12500,12520) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 12500 and 12520, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 12500 and 12520.

How to find the GCF of 12500 and 12520?

We will first find the prime factorization of 12500 and 12520. After we will calculate the factors of 12500 and 12520 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 12500

Prime factors of 12500 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 12500 in exponential form is:

12500 = 2² × 5⁵

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 12520

Prime factors of 12520 are 2, 5, 313. Prime factorization of 12520 in exponential form is:

12520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 12500

List of positive integer factors of 12500 that divides 12500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 125, 250, 500, 625, 1250, 2500, 3125, 6250

Step-4: Factors of 12520

List of positive integer factors of 12520 that divides 12500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 313, 626, 1252, 1565, 2504, 3130, 6260

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 12500 and 12520. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 12500 and 12520 is 20.

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