What is the Greatest Common Factor of 425 and 440?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 425 and 440 is 5.

GCF(425,440) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 425 and 440, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 425 and 440.

How to find the GCF of 425 and 440?

We will first find the prime factorization of 425 and 440. After we will calculate the factors of 425 and 440 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 425

Prime factors of 425 are 5, 17. Prime factorization of 425 in exponential form is:

425 = 5² × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 440

Prime factors of 440 are 2, 5, 11. Prime factorization of 440 in exponential form is:

440 = 2³ × 5¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 425

List of positive integer factors of 425 that divides 425 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 25, 85

Step-4: Factors of 440

List of positive integer factors of 440 that divides 425 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 20, 22, 40, 44, 55, 88, 110, 220

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 425 and 440. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 425 and 440 is 5.

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