What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39985 and 39995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39985 and 39995 is 5.

GCF(39985,39995) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39985 and 39995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39985 and 39995.

How to find the GCF of 39985 and 39995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39985 and 39995. After we will calculate the factors of 39985 and 39995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39985

Prime factors of 39985 are 5, 11, 727. Prime factorization of 39985 in exponential form is:

39985 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39995

Prime factors of 39995 are 5, 19, 421. Prime factorization of 39995 in exponential form is:

39995 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 39985

List of positive integer factors of 39985 that divides 39985 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 727, 3635, 7997

Step-4: Factors of 39995

List of positive integer factors of 39995 that divides 39985 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 421, 2105, 7999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39985 and 39995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39985 and 39995 is 5.

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