What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5920 and 5935?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5920 and 5935 is 5.

GCF(5920,5935) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5920 and 5935, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5920 and 5935.

How to find the GCF of 5920 and 5935?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5920 and 5935. After we will calculate the factors of 5920 and 5935 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5920

Prime factors of 5920 are 2, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 5920 in exponential form is:

5920 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5935

Prime factors of 5935 are 5, 1187. Prime factorization of 5935 in exponential form is:

5935 = 5¹ × 1187¹

Step-3: Factors of 5920

List of positive integer factors of 5920 that divides 5920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 37, 40, 74, 80, 148, 160, 185, 296, 370, 592, 740, 1184, 1480, 2960

Step-4: Factors of 5935

List of positive integer factors of 5935 that divides 5920 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1187

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5920 and 5935. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5920 and 5935 is 5.

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