What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71235 and 71255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71235 and 71255 is 5.

GCF(71235,71255) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71235 and 71255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71235 and 71255.

How to find the GCF of 71235 and 71255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71235 and 71255. After we will calculate the factors of 71235 and 71255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71235

Prime factors of 71235 are 3, 5, 1583. Prime factorization of 71235 in exponential form is:

71235 = 3² × 5¹ × 1583¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71255

Prime factors of 71255 are 5, 14251. Prime factorization of 71255 in exponential form is:

71255 = 5¹ × 14251¹

Step-3: Factors of 71235

List of positive integer factors of 71235 that divides 71235 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1583, 4749, 7915, 14247, 23745

Step-4: Factors of 71255

List of positive integer factors of 71255 that divides 71235 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71235 and 71255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71235 and 71255 is 5.

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