What is the Greatest Common Factor of 62725 and 62740?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 62725 and 62740 is 5.

GCF(62725,62740) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 62725 and 62740, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 62725 and 62740.

How to find the GCF of 62725 and 62740?

We will first find the prime factorization of 62725 and 62740. After we will calculate the factors of 62725 and 62740 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 62725

Prime factors of 62725 are 5, 13, 193. Prime factorization of 62725 in exponential form is:

62725 = 5² × 13¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 62740

Prime factors of 62740 are 2, 5, 3137. Prime factorization of 62740 in exponential form is:

62740 = 2² × 5¹ × 3137¹

Step-3: Factors of 62725

List of positive integer factors of 62725 that divides 62725 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 65, 193, 325, 965, 2509, 4825, 12545

Step-4: Factors of 62740

List of positive integer factors of 62740 that divides 62725 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3137, 6274, 12548, 15685, 31370

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 62725 and 62740. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 62725 and 62740 is 5.

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