What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71208 and 71228?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71208 and 71228 is 4.

GCF(71208,71228) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71208 and 71228, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71208 and 71228.

How to find the GCF of 71208 and 71228?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71208 and 71228. After we will calculate the factors of 71208 and 71228 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71208

Prime factors of 71208 are 2, 3, 23, 43. Prime factorization of 71208 in exponential form is:

71208 = 2³ × 3² × 23¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71228

Prime factors of 71228 are 2, 17807. Prime factorization of 71228 in exponential form is:

71228 = 2² × 17807¹

Step-3: Factors of 71208

List of positive integer factors of 71208 that divides 71208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 23, 24, 36, 43, 46, 69, 72, 86, 92, 129, 138, 172, 184, 207, 258, 276, 344, 387, 414, 516, 552, 774, 828, 989, 1032, 1548, 1656, 1978, 2967, 3096, 3956, 5934, 7912, 8901, 11868, 17802, 23736, 35604

Step-4: Factors of 71228

List of positive integer factors of 71228 that divides 71208 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17807, 35614

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71208 and 71228. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71208 and 71228 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71208 and 71228