What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71550 and 71555?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71550 and 71555 is 5.

GCF(71550,71555) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71550 and 71555, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71550 and 71555.

How to find the GCF of 71550 and 71555?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71550 and 71555. After we will calculate the factors of 71550 and 71555 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71550

Prime factors of 71550 are 2, 3, 5, 53. Prime factorization of 71550 in exponential form is:

71550 = 2¹ × 3³ × 5² × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71555

Prime factors of 71555 are 5, 11, 1301. Prime factorization of 71555 in exponential form is:

71555 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 1301¹

Step-3: Factors of 71550

List of positive integer factors of 71550 that divides 71550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 25, 27, 30, 45, 50, 53, 54, 75, 90, 106, 135, 150, 159, 225, 265, 270, 318, 450, 477, 530, 675, 795, 954, 1325, 1350, 1431, 1590, 2385, 2650, 2862, 3975, 4770, 7155, 7950, 11925, 14310, 23850, 35775

Step-4: Factors of 71555

List of positive integer factors of 71555 that divides 71550 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 1301, 6505, 14311

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71550 and 71555. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71550 and 71555 is 5.

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