What is the Greatest Common Factor of 19840 and 19850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 19840 and 19850 is 10.

GCF(19840,19850) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 19840 and 19850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 19840 and 19850.

How to find the GCF of 19840 and 19850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 19840 and 19850. After we will calculate the factors of 19840 and 19850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 19840

Prime factors of 19840 are 2, 5, 31. Prime factorization of 19840 in exponential form is:

19840 = 2⁷ × 5¹ × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 19850

Prime factors of 19850 are 2, 5, 397. Prime factorization of 19850 in exponential form is:

19850 = 2¹ × 5² × 397¹

Step-3: Factors of 19840

List of positive integer factors of 19840 that divides 19840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 31, 32, 40, 62, 64, 80, 124, 128, 155, 160, 248, 310, 320, 496, 620, 640, 992, 1240, 1984, 2480, 3968, 4960, 9920

Step-4: Factors of 19850

List of positive integer factors of 19850 that divides 19840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 397, 794, 1985, 3970, 9925

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 19840 and 19850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 19840 and 19850 is 10.

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