What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14990 and 15010?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14990 and 15010 is 10.

GCF(14990,15010) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14990 and 15010, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14990 and 15010.

How to find the GCF of 14990 and 15010?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14990 and 15010. After we will calculate the factors of 14990 and 15010 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14990

Prime factors of 14990 are 2, 5, 1499. Prime factorization of 14990 in exponential form is:

14990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 1499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15010

Prime factors of 15010 are 2, 5, 19, 79. Prime factorization of 15010 in exponential form is:

15010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 14990

List of positive integer factors of 14990 that divides 14990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1499, 2998, 7495

Step-4: Factors of 15010

List of positive integer factors of 15010 that divides 14990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 79, 95, 158, 190, 395, 790, 1501, 3002, 7505

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14990 and 15010. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14990 and 15010 is 10.

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