What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71259 and 71272?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71259 and 71272 is 1.

GCF(71259,71272) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71259 and 71272, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71259 and 71272.

How to find the GCF of 71259 and 71272?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71259 and 71272. After we will calculate the factors of 71259 and 71272 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71259

Prime factors of 71259 are 3, 23753. Prime factorization of 71259 in exponential form is:

71259 = 3¹ × 23753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71272

Prime factors of 71272 are 2, 59, 151. Prime factorization of 71272 in exponential form is:

71272 = 2³ × 59¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 71259

List of positive integer factors of 71259 that divides 71259 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23753

Step-4: Factors of 71272

List of positive integer factors of 71272 that divides 71259 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 59, 118, 151, 236, 302, 472, 604, 1208, 8909, 17818, 35636

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71259 and 71272. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71259 and 71272 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71259 and 71272