What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63880 and 63885?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63880 and 63885 is 5.

GCF(63880,63885) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63880 and 63885, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63880 and 63885.

How to find the GCF of 63880 and 63885?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63880 and 63885. After we will calculate the factors of 63880 and 63885 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63880

Prime factors of 63880 are 2, 5, 1597. Prime factorization of 63880 in exponential form is:

63880 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1597¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63885

Prime factors of 63885 are 3, 5, 4259. Prime factorization of 63885 in exponential form is:

63885 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4259¹

Step-3: Factors of 63880

List of positive integer factors of 63880 that divides 63880 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1597, 3194, 6388, 7985, 12776, 15970, 31940

Step-4: Factors of 63885

List of positive integer factors of 63885 that divides 63880 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4259, 12777, 21295

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63880 and 63885. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63880 and 63885 is 5.

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