What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7535 and 7540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7535 and 7540 is 5.

GCF(7535,7540) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7535 and 7540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7535 and 7540.

How to find the GCF of 7535 and 7540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7535 and 7540. After we will calculate the factors of 7535 and 7540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7535

Prime factors of 7535 are 5, 11, 137. Prime factorization of 7535 in exponential form is:

7535 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7540

Prime factors of 7540 are 2, 5, 13, 29. Prime factorization of 7540 in exponential form is:

7540 = 2² × 5¹ × 13¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 7535

List of positive integer factors of 7535 that divides 7535 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 137, 685, 1507

Step-4: Factors of 7540

List of positive integer factors of 7540 that divides 7535 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 13, 20, 26, 29, 52, 58, 65, 116, 130, 145, 260, 290, 377, 580, 754, 1508, 1885, 3770

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7535 and 7540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7535 and 7540 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7535 and 7540