What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71170 and 71178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71170 and 71178 is 2.

GCF(71170,71178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71170 and 71178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71170 and 71178.

How to find the GCF of 71170 and 71178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71170 and 71178. After we will calculate the factors of 71170 and 71178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71170

Prime factors of 71170 are 2, 5, 11, 647. Prime factorization of 71170 in exponential form is:

71170 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 647¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71178

Prime factors of 71178 are 2, 3, 11863. Prime factorization of 71178 in exponential form is:

71178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11863¹

Step-3: Factors of 71170

List of positive integer factors of 71170 that divides 71170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 55, 110, 647, 1294, 3235, 6470, 7117, 14234, 35585

Step-4: Factors of 71178

List of positive integer factors of 71178 that divides 71170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11863, 23726, 35589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71170 and 71178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71170 and 71178 is 2.

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