What is the Greatest Common Factor of 13885 and 13905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 13885 and 13905 is 5.

GCF(13885,13905) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 13885 and 13905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 13885 and 13905.

How to find the GCF of 13885 and 13905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 13885 and 13905. After we will calculate the factors of 13885 and 13905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 13885

Prime factors of 13885 are 5, 2777. Prime factorization of 13885 in exponential form is:

13885 = 5¹ × 2777¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 13905

Prime factors of 13905 are 3, 5, 103. Prime factorization of 13905 in exponential form is:

13905 = 3³ × 5¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 13885

List of positive integer factors of 13885 that divides 13885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2777

Step-4: Factors of 13905

List of positive integer factors of 13905 that divides 13885 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 103, 135, 309, 515, 927, 1545, 2781, 4635

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 13885 and 13905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 13885 and 13905 is 5.

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