What is the Greatest Common Factor of 15440 and 15455?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 15440 and 15455 is 5.

GCF(15440,15455) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 15440 and 15455, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 15440 and 15455.

How to find the GCF of 15440 and 15455?

We will first find the prime factorization of 15440 and 15455. After we will calculate the factors of 15440 and 15455 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 15440

Prime factors of 15440 are 2, 5, 193. Prime factorization of 15440 in exponential form is:

15440 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 15455

Prime factors of 15455 are 5, 11, 281. Prime factorization of 15455 in exponential form is:

15455 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 281¹

Step-3: Factors of 15440

List of positive integer factors of 15440 that divides 15440 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 193, 386, 772, 965, 1544, 1930, 3088, 3860, 7720

Step-4: Factors of 15455

List of positive integer factors of 15455 that divides 15440 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 281, 1405, 3091

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 15440 and 15455. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 15440 and 15455 is 5.

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