What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71466 and 71481?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71466 and 71481 is 3.

GCF(71466,71481) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71466 and 71481, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71466 and 71481.

How to find the GCF of 71466 and 71481?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71466 and 71481. After we will calculate the factors of 71466 and 71481 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 71481

Prime factors of 71481 are 3, 23827. Prime factorization of 71481 in exponential form is:

71481 = 3¹ × 23827¹

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 71481

List of positive integer factors of 71481 that divides 71466 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23827

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71466 and 71481. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71466 and 71481 is 3.

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