What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9500 and 9505?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9500 and 9505 is 5.

GCF(9500,9505) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9500 and 9505, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9500 and 9505.

How to find the GCF of 9500 and 9505?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9500 and 9505. After we will calculate the factors of 9500 and 9505 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9500

Prime factors of 9500 are 2, 5, 19. Prime factorization of 9500 in exponential form is:

9500 = 2² × 5³ × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9505

Prime factors of 9505 are 5, 1901. Prime factorization of 9505 in exponential form is:

9505 = 5¹ × 1901¹

Step-3: Factors of 9500

List of positive integer factors of 9500 that divides 9500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 25, 38, 50, 76, 95, 100, 125, 190, 250, 380, 475, 500, 950, 1900, 2375, 4750

Step-4: Factors of 9505

List of positive integer factors of 9505 that divides 9500 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1901

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9500 and 9505. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9500 and 9505 is 5.

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