What is the Greatest Common Factor of 51880 and 51885?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 51880 and 51885 is 5.

GCF(51880,51885) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 51880 and 51885, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 51880 and 51885.

How to find the GCF of 51880 and 51885?

We will first find the prime factorization of 51880 and 51885. After we will calculate the factors of 51880 and 51885 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 51880

Prime factors of 51880 are 2, 5, 1297. Prime factorization of 51880 in exponential form is:

51880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 51885

Prime factors of 51885 are 3, 5, 1153. Prime factorization of 51885 in exponential form is:

51885 = 3² × 5¹ × 1153¹

Step-3: Factors of 51880

List of positive integer factors of 51880 that divides 51880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1297, 2594, 5188, 6485, 10376, 12970, 25940

Step-4: Factors of 51885

List of positive integer factors of 51885 that divides 51880 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1153, 3459, 5765, 10377, 17295

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 51880 and 51885. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 51880 and 51885 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 51880 and 51885