What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5215 and 5222?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5215 and 5222 is 7.

GCF(5215,5222) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5215 and 5222, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5215 and 5222.

How to find the GCF of 5215 and 5222?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5215 and 5222. After we will calculate the factors of 5215 and 5222 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 5215

Prime factors of 5215 are 5, 7, 149. Prime factorization of 5215 in exponential form is:

5215 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 5222

Prime factors of 5222 are 2, 7, 373. Prime factorization of 5222 in exponential form is:

5222 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 373¹

Step-3: Factors of 5215

List of positive integer factors of 5215 that divides 5215 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 149, 745, 1043

Step-4: Factors of 5222

List of positive integer factors of 5222 that divides 5215 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 373, 746, 2611

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5215 and 5222. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5215 and 5222 is 7.

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