What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15215 and 15230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15215 and 15230 is 5.

GCF(15215,15230) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15215 and 15230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15215 and 15230.

How to find the GCF of 15215 and 15230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15215 and 15230. After we will calculate the factors of 15215 and 15230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15215

Prime factors of 15215 are 5, 17, 179. Prime factorization of 15215 in exponential form is:

15215 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15230

Prime factors of 15230 are 2, 5, 1523. Prime factorization of 15230 in exponential form is:

15230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 1523¹

Step-3: Factors of 15215

List of positive integer factors of 15215 that divides 15215 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 179, 895, 3043

Step-4: Factors of 15230

List of positive integer factors of 15230 that divides 15215 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 1523, 3046, 7615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15215 and 15230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15215 and 15230 is 5.

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