What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14215 and 14220?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14215 and 14220 is 5.

GCF(14215,14220) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14215 and 14220, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14215 and 14220.

How to find the GCF of 14215 and 14220?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14215 and 14220. After we will calculate the factors of 14215 and 14220 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14215

Prime factors of 14215 are 5, 2843. Prime factorization of 14215 in exponential form is:

14215 = 5¹ × 2843¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14220

Prime factors of 14220 are 2, 3, 5, 79. Prime factorization of 14220 in exponential form is:

14220 = 2² × 3² × 5¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 14215

List of positive integer factors of 14215 that divides 14215 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2843

Step-4: Factors of 14220

List of positive integer factors of 14220 that divides 14215 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 79, 90, 158, 180, 237, 316, 395, 474, 711, 790, 948, 1185, 1422, 1580, 2370, 2844, 3555, 4740, 7110

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14215 and 14220. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14215 and 14220 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14215 and 14220