What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14255 and 14260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14255 and 14260 is 5.

GCF(14255,14260) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14255 and 14260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14255 and 14260.

How to find the GCF of 14255 and 14260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14255 and 14260. After we will calculate the factors of 14255 and 14260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14255

Prime factors of 14255 are 5, 2851. Prime factorization of 14255 in exponential form is:

14255 = 5¹ × 2851¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14260

Prime factors of 14260 are 2, 5, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 14260 in exponential form is:

14260 = 2² × 5¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-3: Factors of 14255

List of positive integer factors of 14255 that divides 14255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 2851

Step-4: Factors of 14260

List of positive integer factors of 14260 that divides 14255 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 23, 31, 46, 62, 92, 115, 124, 155, 230, 310, 460, 620, 713, 1426, 2852, 3565, 7130

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14255 and 14260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14255 and 14260 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14255 and 14260