What is the Greatest Common Factor of 61940 and 61945?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 61940 and 61945 is 5.

GCF(61940,61945) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 61940 and 61945, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 61940 and 61945.

How to find the GCF of 61940 and 61945?

We will first find the prime factorization of 61940 and 61945. After we will calculate the factors of 61940 and 61945 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 61940

Prime factors of 61940 are 2, 5, 19, 163. Prime factorization of 61940 in exponential form is:

61940 = 2² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 61945

Prime factors of 61945 are 5, 13, 953. Prime factorization of 61945 in exponential form is:

61945 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 953¹

Step-3: Factors of 61940

List of positive integer factors of 61940 that divides 61940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 38, 76, 95, 163, 190, 326, 380, 652, 815, 1630, 3097, 3260, 6194, 12388, 15485, 30970

Step-4: Factors of 61945

List of positive integer factors of 61945 that divides 61940 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 953, 4765, 12389

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 61940 and 61945. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 61940 and 61945 is 5.

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