What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71506 and 71518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71506 and 71518 is 2.

GCF(71506,71518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71506 and 71518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71506 and 71518.

How to find the GCF of 71506 and 71518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71506 and 71518. After we will calculate the factors of 71506 and 71518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71506

Prime factors of 71506 are 2, 35753. Prime factorization of 71506 in exponential form is:

71506 = 2¹ × 35753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71518

Prime factors of 71518 are 2, 35759. Prime factorization of 71518 in exponential form is:

71518 = 2¹ × 35759¹

Step-3: Factors of 71506

List of positive integer factors of 71506 that divides 71506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35753

Step-4: Factors of 71518

List of positive integer factors of 71518 that divides 71506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71506 and 71518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71506 and 71518 is 2.

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