What is the Greatest Common Factor of 70962 and 70971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 70962 and 70971 is 3.

GCF(70962,70971) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 70962 and 70971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 70962 and 70971.

How to find the GCF of 70962 and 70971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 70962 and 70971. After we will calculate the factors of 70962 and 70971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 70962

Prime factors of 70962 are 2, 3, 11827. Prime factorization of 70962 in exponential form is:

70962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 70971

Prime factors of 70971 are 3, 41, 577. Prime factorization of 70971 in exponential form is:

70971 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 577¹

Step-3: Factors of 70962

List of positive integer factors of 70962 that divides 70962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11827, 23654, 35481

Step-4: Factors of 70971

List of positive integer factors of 70971 that divides 70962 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 577, 1731, 23657

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 70962 and 70971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 70962 and 70971 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 70962 and 70971