What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71180 and 71186?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71180 and 71186 is 2.

GCF(71180,71186) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71180 and 71186, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71180 and 71186.

How to find the GCF of 71180 and 71186?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71180 and 71186. After we will calculate the factors of 71180 and 71186 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71180

Prime factors of 71180 are 2, 5, 3559. Prime factorization of 71180 in exponential form is:

71180 = 2² × 5¹ × 3559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71186

Prime factors of 71186 are 2, 35593. Prime factorization of 71186 in exponential form is:

71186 = 2¹ × 35593¹

Step-3: Factors of 71180

List of positive integer factors of 71180 that divides 71180 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3559, 7118, 14236, 17795, 35590

Step-4: Factors of 71186

List of positive integer factors of 71186 that divides 71180 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71180 and 71186. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71180 and 71186 is 2.

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