What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71246 and 71266?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71246 and 71266 is 2.

GCF(71246,71266) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71246 and 71266, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71246 and 71266.

How to find the GCF of 71246 and 71266?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71246 and 71266. After we will calculate the factors of 71246 and 71266 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71246

Prime factors of 71246 are 2, 7, 727. Prime factorization of 71246 in exponential form is:

71246 = 2¹ × 7² × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71266

Prime factors of 71266 are 2, 13, 2741. Prime factorization of 71266 in exponential form is:

71266 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2741¹

Step-3: Factors of 71246

List of positive integer factors of 71246 that divides 71246 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 727, 1454, 5089, 10178, 35623

Step-4: Factors of 71266

List of positive integer factors of 71266 that divides 71246 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2741, 5482, 35633

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71246 and 71266. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71246 and 71266 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71246 and 71266