What is the Greatest Common Factor of 815 and 830?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 815 and 830 is 5.

GCF(815,830) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 815 and 830, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 815 and 830.

How to find the GCF of 815 and 830?

We will first find the prime factorization of 815 and 830. After we will calculate the factors of 815 and 830 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 815

Prime factors of 815 are 5, 163. Prime factorization of 815 in exponential form is:

815 = 5¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 830

Prime factors of 830 are 2, 5, 83. Prime factorization of 830 in exponential form is:

830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 83¹

Step-3: Factors of 815

List of positive integer factors of 815 that divides 815 without a remainder.

1, 5, 163

Step-4: Factors of 830

List of positive integer factors of 830 that divides 815 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 83, 166, 415

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 815 and 830. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 815 and 830 is 5.

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