What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71408 and 71418?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71408 and 71418 is 2.

GCF(71408,71418) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71408 and 71418, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71408 and 71418.

How to find the GCF of 71408 and 71418?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71408 and 71418. After we will calculate the factors of 71408 and 71418 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71408

Prime factors of 71408 are 2, 4463. Prime factorization of 71408 in exponential form is:

71408 = 2⁴ × 4463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71418

Prime factors of 71418 are 2, 3, 11903. Prime factorization of 71418 in exponential form is:

71418 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11903¹

Step-3: Factors of 71408

List of positive integer factors of 71408 that divides 71408 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 4463, 8926, 17852, 35704

Step-4: Factors of 71418

List of positive integer factors of 71418 that divides 71408 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11903, 23806, 35709

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71408 and 71418. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71408 and 71418 is 2.

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