What is the Greatest Common Factor of 65420 and 65435?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 65420 and 65435 is 5.

GCF(65420,65435) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 65420 and 65435, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 65420 and 65435.

How to find the GCF of 65420 and 65435?

We will first find the prime factorization of 65420 and 65435. After we will calculate the factors of 65420 and 65435 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 65420

Prime factors of 65420 are 2, 5, 3271. Prime factorization of 65420 in exponential form is:

65420 = 2² × 5¹ × 3271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 65435

Prime factors of 65435 are 5, 23, 569. Prime factorization of 65435 in exponential form is:

65435 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 569¹

Step-3: Factors of 65420

List of positive integer factors of 65420 that divides 65420 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3271, 6542, 13084, 16355, 32710

Step-4: Factors of 65435

List of positive integer factors of 65435 that divides 65420 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 569, 2845, 13087

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 65420 and 65435. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 65420 and 65435 is 5.

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