What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71254 and 71260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71254 and 71260 is 2.

GCF(71254,71260) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71254 and 71260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71254 and 71260.

How to find the GCF of 71254 and 71260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71254 and 71260. After we will calculate the factors of 71254 and 71260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71254

Prime factors of 71254 are 2, 23, 1549. Prime factorization of 71254 in exponential form is:

71254 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1549¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71260

Prime factors of 71260 are 2, 5, 7, 509. Prime factorization of 71260 in exponential form is:

71260 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 71254

List of positive integer factors of 71254 that divides 71254 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1549, 3098, 35627

Step-4: Factors of 71260

List of positive integer factors of 71260 that divides 71254 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 509, 1018, 2036, 2545, 3563, 5090, 7126, 10180, 14252, 17815, 35630

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71254 and 71260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71254 and 71260 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71254 and 71260