What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71504 and 71522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71504 and 71522 is 2.

GCF(71504,71522) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71504 and 71522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71504 and 71522.

How to find the GCF of 71504 and 71522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71504 and 71522. After we will calculate the factors of 71504 and 71522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71504

Prime factors of 71504 are 2, 41, 109. Prime factorization of 71504 in exponential form is:

71504 = 2⁴ × 41¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71522

Prime factors of 71522 are 2, 11, 3251. Prime factorization of 71522 in exponential form is:

71522 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3251¹

Step-3: Factors of 71504

List of positive integer factors of 71504 that divides 71504 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 41, 82, 109, 164, 218, 328, 436, 656, 872, 1744, 4469, 8938, 17876, 35752

Step-4: Factors of 71522

List of positive integer factors of 71522 that divides 71504 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3251, 6502, 35761

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71504 and 71522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71504 and 71522 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71504 and 71522