What Numbers Go Into 5 And 40

For the question "What Numbers Go Into 5 and 40" is the same as Greatest Common Factor (GCF, HCF, GCD) of 5 And 40 numbers.

Greatest Common Factor Of 5 And 40

The gcf of 5 and 40 is the largest positive integer that divides the numbers 5 and 40 without a remainder. Let's find the factors.

Finding The Factors Of 5 And 40

List out all of the prime factors for each number:

Factors Of 5

1 , 5

Factors Of 40

1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 8 , 10 , 20 , 40

The greatest common factor of 5 and 40 is 5 .

What is the Greatest Common Factor?

Put simply, the GCF of a set of whole numbers is the largest positive integer (i.e whole number and not a decimal) that divides evenly into all of the numbers in the set. It's also commonly known as:

Greatest Common Denominator (GCD)
Highest Common Factor (HCF)
Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)