What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71466 and 71478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71466 and 71478 is 6.

GCF(71466,71478) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71466 and 71478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71466 and 71478.

How to find the GCF of 71466 and 71478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71466 and 71478. After we will calculate the factors of 71466 and 71478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71466

Prime factors of 71466 are 2, 3, 43, 277. Prime factorization of 71466 in exponential form is:

71466 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 43¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71478

Prime factors of 71478 are 2, 3, 11, 19. Prime factorization of 71478 in exponential form is:

71478 = 2¹ × 3² × 11¹ × 19²

Step-3: Factors of 71466

List of positive integer factors of 71466 that divides 71466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 86, 129, 258, 277, 554, 831, 1662, 11911, 23822, 35733

Step-4: Factors of 71478

List of positive integer factors of 71478 that divides 71466 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 19, 22, 33, 38, 57, 66, 99, 114, 171, 198, 209, 342, 361, 418, 627, 722, 1083, 1254, 1881, 2166, 3249, 3762, 3971, 6498, 7942, 11913, 23826, 35739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71466 and 71478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71466 and 71478 is 6.

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