What is the Greatest Common Factor of 52420 and 52435?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 52420 and 52435 is 5.

GCF(52420,52435) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 52420 and 52435, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 52420 and 52435.

How to find the GCF of 52420 and 52435?

We will first find the prime factorization of 52420 and 52435. After we will calculate the factors of 52420 and 52435 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 52420

Prime factors of 52420 are 2, 5, 2621. Prime factorization of 52420 in exponential form is:

52420 = 2² × 5¹ × 2621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 52435

Prime factors of 52435 are 5, 10487. Prime factorization of 52435 in exponential form is:

52435 = 5¹ × 10487¹

Step-3: Factors of 52420

List of positive integer factors of 52420 that divides 52420 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2621, 5242, 10484, 13105, 26210

Step-4: Factors of 52435

List of positive integer factors of 52435 that divides 52420 without a remainder.

1, 5, 10487

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 52420 and 52435. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 52420 and 52435 is 5.

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