What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8500 and 8510?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8500 and 8510 is 10.

GCF(8500,8510) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8500 and 8510, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8500 and 8510.

How to find the GCF of 8500 and 8510?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8500 and 8510. After we will calculate the factors of 8500 and 8510 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8500

Prime factors of 8500 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 8500 in exponential form is:

8500 = 2² × 5³ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8510

Prime factors of 8510 are 2, 5, 23, 37. Prime factorization of 8510 in exponential form is:

8510 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 8500

List of positive integer factors of 8500 that divides 8500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 25, 34, 50, 68, 85, 100, 125, 170, 250, 340, 425, 500, 850, 1700, 2125, 4250

Step-4: Factors of 8510

List of positive integer factors of 8510 that divides 8500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 37, 46, 74, 115, 185, 230, 370, 851, 1702, 4255

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8500 and 8510. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8500 and 8510 is 10.

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