What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70820 and 70840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70820 and 70840 is 20.

GCF(70820,70840) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70820 and 70840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70820 and 70840.

How to find the GCF of 70820 and 70840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70820 and 70840. After we will calculate the factors of 70820 and 70840 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70820

Prime factors of 70820 are 2, 5, 3541. Prime factorization of 70820 in exponential form is:

70820 = 2² × 5¹ × 3541¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70840

Prime factors of 70840 are 2, 5, 7, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 70840 in exponential form is:

70840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 70820

List of positive integer factors of 70820 that divides 70820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3541, 7082, 14164, 17705, 35410

Step-4: Factors of 70840

List of positive integer factors of 70840 that divides 70820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 20, 22, 23, 28, 35, 40, 44, 46, 55, 56, 70, 77, 88, 92, 110, 115, 140, 154, 161, 184, 220, 230, 253, 280, 308, 322, 385, 440, 460, 506, 616, 644, 770, 805, 920, 1012, 1265, 1288, 1540, 1610, 1771, 2024, 2530, 3080, 3220, 3542, 5060, 6440, 7084, 8855, 10120, 14168, 17710, 35420

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70820 and 70840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70820 and 70840 is 20.

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