What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2425 and 2440?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2425 and 2440 is 5.

GCF(2425,2440) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2425 and 2440, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2425 and 2440.

How to find the GCF of 2425 and 2440?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2425 and 2440. After we will calculate the factors of 2425 and 2440 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2425

Prime factors of 2425 are 5, 97. Prime factorization of 2425 in exponential form is:

2425 = 5² × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2440

Prime factors of 2440 are 2, 5, 61. Prime factorization of 2440 in exponential form is:

2440 = 2³ × 5¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 2425

List of positive integer factors of 2425 that divides 2425 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 97, 485

Step-4: Factors of 2440

List of positive integer factors of 2440 that divides 2425 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 61, 122, 244, 305, 488, 610, 1220

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2425 and 2440. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2425 and 2440 is 5.

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