What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71450 and 71455?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71450 and 71455 is 5.

GCF(71450,71455) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71450 and 71455, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71450 and 71455.

How to find the GCF of 71450 and 71455?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71450 and 71455. After we will calculate the factors of 71450 and 71455 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 71455

Prime factors of 71455 are 5, 31, 461. Prime factorization of 71455 in exponential form is:

71455 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 71450

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 71455

List of positive integer factors of 71455 that divides 71450 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 461, 2305, 14291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71450 and 71455. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71450 and 71455 is 5.

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