What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71430 and 71450?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71430 and 71450 is 10.

GCF(71430,71450) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71430 and 71450, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71430 and 71450.

How to find the GCF of 71430 and 71450?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71430 and 71450. After we will calculate the factors of 71430 and 71450 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71430

Prime factors of 71430 are 2, 3, 5, 2381. Prime factorization of 71430 in exponential form is:

71430 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 2381¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71450

Prime factors of 71450 are 2, 5, 1429. Prime factorization of 71450 in exponential form is:

71450 = 2¹ × 5² × 1429¹

Step-3: Factors of 71430

List of positive integer factors of 71430 that divides 71430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30, 2381, 4762, 7143, 11905, 14286, 23810, 35715

Step-4: Factors of 71450

List of positive integer factors of 71450 that divides 71430 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1429, 2858, 7145, 14290, 35725

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71430 and 71450. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71430 and 71450 is 10.

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