What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70851 and 70862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70851 and 70862 is 11.

GCF(70851,70862) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70851 and 70862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70851 and 70862.

How to find the GCF of 70851 and 70862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70851 and 70862. After we will calculate the factors of 70851 and 70862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70851

Prime factors of 70851 are 3, 11, 19, 113. Prime factorization of 70851 in exponential form is:

70851 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 19¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70862

Prime factors of 70862 are 2, 11, 3221. Prime factorization of 70862 in exponential form is:

70862 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3221¹

Step-3: Factors of 70851

List of positive integer factors of 70851 that divides 70851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 19, 33, 57, 113, 209, 339, 627, 1243, 2147, 3729, 6441, 23617

Step-4: Factors of 70862

List of positive integer factors of 70862 that divides 70851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3221, 6442, 35431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70851 and 70862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70851 and 70862 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 70851 and 70862