What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71215 and 71230?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71215 and 71230 is 5.

GCF(71215,71230) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71215 and 71230, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71215 and 71230.

How to find the GCF of 71215 and 71230?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71215 and 71230. After we will calculate the factors of 71215 and 71230 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71215

Prime factors of 71215 are 5, 14243. Prime factorization of 71215 in exponential form is:

71215 = 5¹ × 14243¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71230

Prime factors of 71230 are 2, 5, 17, 419. Prime factorization of 71230 in exponential form is:

71230 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 71215

List of positive integer factors of 71215 that divides 71215 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14243

Step-4: Factors of 71230

List of positive integer factors of 71230 that divides 71215 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 170, 419, 838, 2095, 4190, 7123, 14246, 35615

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71215 and 71230. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71215 and 71230 is 5.

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