What is the Greatest Common Factor of 5215 and 5230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 5215 and 5230 is 5.

GCF(5215,5230) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 5215 and 5230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 5215 and 5230.

How to find the GCF of 5215 and 5230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 5215 and 5230. After we will calculate the factors of 5215 and 5230 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 5230

Prime factors of 5230 are 2, 5, 523. Prime factorization of 5230 in exponential form is:

5230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 523¹

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 5230

List of positive integer factors of 5230 that divides 5215 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 523, 1046, 2615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 5215 and 5230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 5215 and 5230 is 5.

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