What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9860 and 9865?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9860 and 9865 is 5.

GCF(9860,9865) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9860 and 9865, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9860 and 9865.

How to find the GCF of 9860 and 9865?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9860 and 9865. After we will calculate the factors of 9860 and 9865 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9860

Prime factors of 9860 are 2, 5, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 9860 in exponential form is:

9860 = 2² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9865

Prime factors of 9865 are 5, 1973. Prime factorization of 9865 in exponential form is:

9865 = 5¹ × 1973¹

Step-3: Factors of 9860

List of positive integer factors of 9860 that divides 9860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 29, 34, 58, 68, 85, 116, 145, 170, 290, 340, 493, 580, 986, 1972, 2465, 4930

Step-4: Factors of 9865

List of positive integer factors of 9865 that divides 9860 without a remainder.

1, 5, 1973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9860 and 9865. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9860 and 9865 is 5.

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