What is the Greatest Common Factor of 37870 and 37875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 37870 and 37875 is 5.

GCF(37870,37875) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 37870 and 37875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 37870 and 37875.

How to find the GCF of 37870 and 37875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 37870 and 37875. After we will calculate the factors of 37870 and 37875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 37870

Prime factors of 37870 are 2, 5, 7, 541. Prime factorization of 37870 in exponential form is:

37870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 541¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 37875

Prime factors of 37875 are 3, 5, 101. Prime factorization of 37875 in exponential form is:

37875 = 3¹ × 5³ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 37870

List of positive integer factors of 37870 that divides 37870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 541, 1082, 2705, 3787, 5410, 7574, 18935

Step-4: Factors of 37875

List of positive integer factors of 37875 that divides 37870 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 101, 125, 303, 375, 505, 1515, 2525, 7575, 12625

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 37870 and 37875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 37870 and 37875 is 5.

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