What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70522 and 70540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70522 and 70540 is 2.

GCF(70522,70540) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70522 and 70540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70522 and 70540.

How to find the GCF of 70522 and 70540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70522 and 70540. After we will calculate the factors of 70522 and 70540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70522

Prime factors of 70522 are 2, 37, 953. Prime factorization of 70522 in exponential form is:

70522 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70540

Prime factors of 70540 are 2, 5, 3527. Prime factorization of 70540 in exponential form is:

70540 = 2² × 5¹ × 3527¹

Step-3: Factors of 70522

List of positive integer factors of 70522 that divides 70522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 953, 1906, 35261

Step-4: Factors of 70540

List of positive integer factors of 70540 that divides 70522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3527, 7054, 14108, 17635, 35270

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70522 and 70540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70522 and 70540 is 2.

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