What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53990 and 53995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53990 and 53995 is 5.

GCF(53990,53995) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53990 and 53995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53990 and 53995.

How to find the GCF of 53990 and 53995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53990 and 53995. After we will calculate the factors of 53990 and 53995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53990

Prime factors of 53990 are 2, 5, 5399. Prime factorization of 53990 in exponential form is:

53990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 5399¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53995

Prime factors of 53995 are 5, 10799. Prime factorization of 53995 in exponential form is:

53995 = 5¹ × 10799¹

Step-3: Factors of 53990

List of positive integer factors of 53990 that divides 53990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 5399, 10798, 26995

Step-4: Factors of 53995

List of positive integer factors of 53995 that divides 53990 without a remainder.

1, 5, 10799

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53990 and 53995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53990 and 53995 is 5.

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