What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41870 and 41875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41870 and 41875 is 5.

GCF(41870,41875) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41870 and 41875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41870 and 41875.

How to find the GCF of 41870 and 41875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41870 and 41875. After we will calculate the factors of 41870 and 41875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41870

Prime factors of 41870 are 2, 5, 53, 79. Prime factorization of 41870 in exponential form is:

41870 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 53¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41875

Prime factors of 41875 are 5, 67. Prime factorization of 41875 in exponential form is:

41875 = 5⁴ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 41870

List of positive integer factors of 41870 that divides 41870 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 53, 79, 106, 158, 265, 395, 530, 790, 4187, 8374, 20935

Step-4: Factors of 41875

List of positive integer factors of 41875 that divides 41870 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 67, 125, 335, 625, 1675, 8375

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41870 and 41875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41870 and 41875 is 5.

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