What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71078 and 71096?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71078 and 71096 is 2.

GCF(71078,71096) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71078 and 71096, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71078 and 71096.

How to find the GCF of 71078 and 71096?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71078 and 71096. After we will calculate the factors of 71078 and 71096 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71078

Prime factors of 71078 are 2, 7, 5077. Prime factorization of 71078 in exponential form is:

71078 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5077¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71096

Prime factors of 71096 are 2, 8887. Prime factorization of 71096 in exponential form is:

71096 = 2³ × 8887¹

Step-3: Factors of 71078

List of positive integer factors of 71078 that divides 71078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5077, 10154, 35539

Step-4: Factors of 71096

List of positive integer factors of 71096 that divides 71078 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8887, 17774, 35548

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71078 and 71096. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71078 and 71096 is 2.

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