What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5520 and 5525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5520 and 5525 is 5.

GCF(5520,5525) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5520 and 5525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5520 and 5525.

How to find the GCF of 5520 and 5525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5520 and 5525. After we will calculate the factors of 5520 and 5525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5520

Prime factors of 5520 are 2, 3, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 5520 in exponential form is:

5520 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5525

Prime factors of 5525 are 5, 13, 17. Prime factorization of 5525 in exponential form is:

5525 = 5² × 13¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 5520

List of positive integer factors of 5520 that divides 5520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 23, 24, 30, 40, 46, 48, 60, 69, 80, 92, 115, 120, 138, 184, 230, 240, 276, 345, 368, 460, 552, 690, 920, 1104, 1380, 1840, 2760

Step-4: Factors of 5525

List of positive integer factors of 5525 that divides 5520 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 17, 25, 65, 85, 221, 325, 425, 1105

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5520 and 5525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5520 and 5525 is 5.

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