What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71231 and 71236?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71231 and 71236 is 1.

GCF(71231,71236) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71231 and 71236, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71231 and 71236.

How to find the GCF of 71231 and 71236?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71231 and 71236. After we will calculate the factors of 71231 and 71236 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71231

Prime factors of 71231 are 19, 23, 163. Prime factorization of 71231 in exponential form is:

71231 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71236

Prime factors of 71236 are 2, 11, 1619. Prime factorization of 71236 in exponential form is:

71236 = 2² × 11¹ × 1619¹

Step-3: Factors of 71231

List of positive integer factors of 71231 that divides 71231 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 163, 437, 3097, 3749

Step-4: Factors of 71236

List of positive integer factors of 71236 that divides 71231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1619, 3238, 6476, 17809, 35618

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71231 and 71236. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71231 and 71236 is 1.

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