What is the Greatest Common Factor of 38600 and 38605?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 38600 and 38605 is 5.

GCF(38600,38605) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 38600 and 38605, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 38600 and 38605.

How to find the GCF of 38600 and 38605?

We will first find the prime factorization of 38600 and 38605. After we will calculate the factors of 38600 and 38605 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 38600

Prime factors of 38600 are 2, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 38600 in exponential form is:

38600 = 2³ × 5² × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 38605

Prime factors of 38605 are 5, 7, 1103. Prime factorization of 38605 in exponential form is:

38605 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1103¹

Step-3: Factors of 38600

List of positive integer factors of 38600 that divides 38600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 193, 200, 386, 772, 965, 1544, 1930, 3860, 4825, 7720, 9650, 19300

Step-4: Factors of 38605

List of positive integer factors of 38605 that divides 38600 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1103, 5515, 7721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 38600 and 38605. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 38600 and 38605 is 5.

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