What is the Greatest Common Factor of 31520 and 31525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 31520 and 31525 is 5.

GCF(31520,31525) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 31520 and 31525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 31520 and 31525.

How to find the GCF of 31520 and 31525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 31520 and 31525. After we will calculate the factors of 31520 and 31525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 31520

Prime factors of 31520 are 2, 5, 197. Prime factorization of 31520 in exponential form is:

31520 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 31525

Prime factors of 31525 are 5, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 31525 in exponential form is:

31525 = 5² × 13¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 31520

List of positive integer factors of 31520 that divides 31520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 160, 197, 394, 788, 985, 1576, 1970, 3152, 3940, 6304, 7880, 15760

Step-4: Factors of 31525

List of positive integer factors of 31525 that divides 31520 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 65, 97, 325, 485, 1261, 2425, 6305

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 31520 and 31525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 31520 and 31525 is 5.

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