What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40520 and 40525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40520 and 40525 is 5.

GCF(40520,40525) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40520 and 40525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40520 and 40525.

How to find the GCF of 40520 and 40525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40520 and 40525. After we will calculate the factors of 40520 and 40525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40520

Prime factors of 40520 are 2, 5, 1013. Prime factorization of 40520 in exponential form is:

40520 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1013¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40525

Prime factors of 40525 are 5, 1621. Prime factorization of 40525 in exponential form is:

40525 = 5² × 1621¹

Step-3: Factors of 40520

List of positive integer factors of 40520 that divides 40520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1013, 2026, 4052, 5065, 8104, 10130, 20260

Step-4: Factors of 40525

List of positive integer factors of 40525 that divides 40520 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 1621, 8105

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40520 and 40525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40520 and 40525 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40520 and 40525