What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5001 and 5020?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5001 and 5020 is 1.

GCF(5001,5020) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5001 and 5020, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5001 and 5020.

How to find the GCF of 5001 and 5020?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5001 and 5020. After we will calculate the factors of 5001 and 5020 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5001

Prime factors of 5001 are 3, 1667. Prime factorization of 5001 in exponential form is:

5001 = 3¹ × 1667¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5020

Prime factors of 5020 are 2, 5, 251. Prime factorization of 5020 in exponential form is:

5020 = 2² × 5¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 5001

List of positive integer factors of 5001 that divides 5001 without a remainder.

1, 3, 1667

Step-4: Factors of 5020

List of positive integer factors of 5020 that divides 5001 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 251, 502, 1004, 1255, 2510

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5001 and 5020. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5001 and 5020 is 1.

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