What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71140 and 71159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71140 and 71159 is 1.

GCF(71140,71159) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71140 and 71159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71140 and 71159.

How to find the GCF of 71140 and 71159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71140 and 71159. After we will calculate the factors of 71140 and 71159 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71140

Prime factors of 71140 are 2, 5, 3557. Prime factorization of 71140 in exponential form is:

71140 = 2² × 5¹ × 3557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71159

Prime factors of 71159 are 11, 6469. Prime factorization of 71159 in exponential form is:

71159 = 11¹ × 6469¹

Step-3: Factors of 71140

List of positive integer factors of 71140 that divides 71140 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3557, 7114, 14228, 17785, 35570

Step-4: Factors of 71159

List of positive integer factors of 71159 that divides 71140 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6469

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71140 and 71159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71140 and 71159 is 1.

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