What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71222 and 71234?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71222 and 71234 is 2.

GCF(71222,71234) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71222 and 71234, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71222 and 71234.

How to find the GCF of 71222 and 71234?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71222 and 71234. After we will calculate the factors of 71222 and 71234 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71222

Prime factors of 71222 are 2, 149, 239. Prime factorization of 71222 in exponential form is:

71222 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71234

Prime factors of 71234 are 2, 35617. Prime factorization of 71234 in exponential form is:

71234 = 2¹ × 35617¹

Step-3: Factors of 71222

List of positive integer factors of 71222 that divides 71222 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 239, 298, 478, 35611

Step-4: Factors of 71234

List of positive integer factors of 71234 that divides 71222 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35617

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71222 and 71234. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71222 and 71234 is 2.

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