What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71352 and 71356?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71352 and 71356 is 4.

GCF(71352,71356) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71352 and 71356, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71352 and 71356.

How to find the GCF of 71352 and 71356?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71352 and 71356. After we will calculate the factors of 71352 and 71356 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71352

Prime factors of 71352 are 2, 3, 991. Prime factorization of 71352 in exponential form is:

71352 = 2³ × 3² × 991¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71356

Prime factors of 71356 are 2, 17839. Prime factorization of 71356 in exponential form is:

71356 = 2² × 17839¹

Step-3: Factors of 71352

List of positive integer factors of 71352 that divides 71352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 991, 1982, 2973, 3964, 5946, 7928, 8919, 11892, 17838, 23784, 35676

Step-4: Factors of 71356

List of positive integer factors of 71356 that divides 71352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17839, 35678

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71352 and 71356. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71352 and 71356 is 4.

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