What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71406 and 71426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71406 and 71426 is 2.

GCF(71406,71426) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71406 and 71426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71406 and 71426.

How to find the GCF of 71406 and 71426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71406 and 71426. After we will calculate the factors of 71406 and 71426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71406

Prime factors of 71406 are 2, 3, 3967. Prime factorization of 71406 in exponential form is:

71406 = 2¹ × 3² × 3967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71426

Prime factors of 71426 are 2, 71, 503. Prime factorization of 71426 in exponential form is:

71426 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 71406

List of positive integer factors of 71406 that divides 71406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3967, 7934, 11901, 23802, 35703

Step-4: Factors of 71426

List of positive integer factors of 71426 that divides 71406 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 503, 1006, 35713

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71406 and 71426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71406 and 71426 is 2.

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