What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53875 and 53880?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53875 and 53880 is 5.

GCF(53875,53880) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53875 and 53880, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53875 and 53880.

How to find the GCF of 53875 and 53880?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53875 and 53880. After we will calculate the factors of 53875 and 53880 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53875

Prime factors of 53875 are 5, 431. Prime factorization of 53875 in exponential form is:

53875 = 5³ × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53880

Prime factors of 53880 are 2, 3, 5, 449. Prime factorization of 53880 in exponential form is:

53880 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 53875

List of positive integer factors of 53875 that divides 53875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 125, 431, 2155, 10775

Step-4: Factors of 53880

List of positive integer factors of 53880 that divides 53875 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 449, 898, 1347, 1796, 2245, 2694, 3592, 4490, 5388, 6735, 8980, 10776, 13470, 17960, 26940

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53875 and 53880. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53875 and 53880 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 53875 and 53880