What is the greatest common factor of 5p?
There is not a greatest common factor of a single number, such as 5p, because there cannot be a greatest common factor without two or more numbers to compare. Common factors are factors that the numbers being compared have in common. The greatest common factor is the largest factor that all the numbers being compared have in common. Thus, since there are not two or more numbers to compare, there are neither common factors nor a greatest common factor.The factors of 5p are 1, 5, p, and 5p.Examples:The greatest common factor of 5p and 30p is 5p.The greatest common factor of 5p and 43p is p.The greatest common factor of 5p and 83 is 1, unless p is a multiple of 83, in which case the greatest common factor is 83.