What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70856 and 70861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70856 and 70861 is 1.

GCF(70856,70861) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70856 and 70861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70856 and 70861.

How to find the GCF of 70856 and 70861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70856 and 70861. After we will calculate the factors of 70856 and 70861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70856

Prime factors of 70856 are 2, 17, 521. Prime factorization of 70856 in exponential form is:

70856 = 2³ × 17¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70861

Prime factors of 70861 are 7, 53, 191. Prime factorization of 70861 in exponential form is:

70861 = 7¹ × 53¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 70856

List of positive integer factors of 70856 that divides 70856 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 521, 1042, 2084, 4168, 8857, 17714, 35428

Step-4: Factors of 70861

List of positive integer factors of 70861 that divides 70856 without a remainder.

1, 7, 53, 191, 371, 1337, 10123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70856 and 70861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70856 and 70861 is 1.

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