What is the least common factor of 71 and 95?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 71 and 95?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 71 and 95.

Factors of 71 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 71. Likewise, factors of 95 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 95.

The factors of 71 are 1 and 71.

The factors 95 are 1, 5, 19, and 95.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 71 and 95?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 71 and 95 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 71 and 95, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 71 and 95, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 71 and 95. The greatest factor 71 and 95 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 71 and 95, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 71 and 95 is 6745.

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