What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71229 and 71244?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71229 and 71244 is 3.

GCF(71229,71244) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71229 and 71244, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71229 and 71244.

How to find the GCF of 71229 and 71244?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71229 and 71244. After we will calculate the factors of 71229 and 71244 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71229

Prime factors of 71229 are 3, 23743. Prime factorization of 71229 in exponential form is:

71229 = 3¹ × 23743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71244

Prime factors of 71244 are 2, 3, 1979. Prime factorization of 71244 in exponential form is:

71244 = 2² × 3² × 1979¹

Step-3: Factors of 71229

List of positive integer factors of 71229 that divides 71229 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23743

Step-4: Factors of 71244

List of positive integer factors of 71244 that divides 71229 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1979, 3958, 5937, 7916, 11874, 17811, 23748, 35622

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71229 and 71244. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71229 and 71244 is 3.

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