What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71486 and 71500?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71486 and 71500 is 2.

GCF(71486,71500) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71486 and 71500, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71486 and 71500.

How to find the GCF of 71486 and 71500?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71486 and 71500. After we will calculate the factors of 71486 and 71500 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71486

Prime factors of 71486 are 2, 31, 1153. Prime factorization of 71486 in exponential form is:

71486 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 1153¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71500

Prime factors of 71500 are 2, 5, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 71500 in exponential form is:

71500 = 2² × 5³ × 11¹ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 71486

List of positive integer factors of 71486 that divides 71486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 1153, 2306, 35743

Step-4: Factors of 71500

List of positive integer factors of 71500 that divides 71486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22, 25, 26, 44, 50, 52, 55, 65, 100, 110, 125, 130, 143, 220, 250, 260, 275, 286, 325, 500, 550, 572, 650, 715, 1100, 1300, 1375, 1430, 1625, 2750, 2860, 3250, 3575, 5500, 6500, 7150, 14300, 17875, 35750

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71486 and 71500. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71486 and 71500 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71486 and 71500