What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39920 and 39935?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39920 and 39935 is 5.

GCF(39920,39935) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39920 and 39935, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39920 and 39935.

How to find the GCF of 39920 and 39935?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39920 and 39935. After we will calculate the factors of 39920 and 39935 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39920

Prime factors of 39920 are 2, 5, 499. Prime factorization of 39920 in exponential form is:

39920 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39935

Prime factors of 39935 are 5, 7, 163. Prime factorization of 39935 in exponential form is:

39935 = 5¹ × 7² × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 39920

List of positive integer factors of 39920 that divides 39920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 499, 998, 1996, 2495, 3992, 4990, 7984, 9980, 19960

Step-4: Factors of 39935

List of positive integer factors of 39935 that divides 39920 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 49, 163, 245, 815, 1141, 5705, 7987

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39920 and 39935. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39920 and 39935 is 5.

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