What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71226 and 71232?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71226 and 71232 is 6.

GCF(71226,71232) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71226 and 71232, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71226 and 71232.

How to find the GCF of 71226 and 71232?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71226 and 71232. After we will calculate the factors of 71226 and 71232 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71226

Prime factors of 71226 are 2, 3, 1319. Prime factorization of 71226 in exponential form is:

71226 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1319¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71232

Prime factors of 71232 are 2, 3, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 71232 in exponential form is:

71232 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 71226

List of positive integer factors of 71226 that divides 71226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1319, 2638, 3957, 7914, 11871, 23742, 35613

Step-4: Factors of 71232

List of positive integer factors of 71232 that divides 71226 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16, 21, 24, 28, 32, 42, 48, 53, 56, 64, 84, 96, 106, 112, 159, 168, 192, 212, 224, 318, 336, 371, 424, 448, 636, 672, 742, 848, 1113, 1272, 1344, 1484, 1696, 2226, 2544, 2968, 3392, 4452, 5088, 5936, 8904, 10176, 11872, 17808, 23744, 35616

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71226 and 71232. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71226 and 71232 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71226 and 71232