What is the Greatest Common Factor of 44705 and 44720?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 44705 and 44720 is 5.

GCF(44705,44720) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 44705 and 44720, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 44705 and 44720.

How to find the GCF of 44705 and 44720?

We will first find the prime factorization of 44705 and 44720. After we will calculate the factors of 44705 and 44720 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 44705

Prime factors of 44705 are 5, 8941. Prime factorization of 44705 in exponential form is:

44705 = 5¹ × 8941¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 44720

Prime factors of 44720 are 2, 5, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 44720 in exponential form is:

44720 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 13¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 44705

List of positive integer factors of 44705 that divides 44705 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8941

Step-4: Factors of 44720

List of positive integer factors of 44720 that divides 44705 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 20, 26, 40, 43, 52, 65, 80, 86, 104, 130, 172, 208, 215, 260, 344, 430, 520, 559, 688, 860, 1040, 1118, 1720, 2236, 2795, 3440, 4472, 5590, 8944, 11180, 22360

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 44705 and 44720. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 44705 and 44720 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 44705 and 44720