What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70863 and 70881?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70863 and 70881 is 3.

GCF(70863,70881) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70863 and 70881, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70863 and 70881.

How to find the GCF of 70863 and 70881?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70863 and 70881. After we will calculate the factors of 70863 and 70881 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70863

Prime factors of 70863 are 3, 13, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 70863 in exponential form is:

70863 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70881

Prime factors of 70881 are 3, 23627. Prime factorization of 70881 in exponential form is:

70881 = 3¹ × 23627¹

Step-3: Factors of 70863

List of positive integer factors of 70863 that divides 70863 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 23, 39, 69, 79, 237, 299, 897, 1027, 1817, 3081, 5451, 23621

Step-4: Factors of 70881

List of positive integer factors of 70881 that divides 70863 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23627

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70863 and 70881. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70863 and 70881 is 3.

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