What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71518 and 71524?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71518 and 71524 is 2.

GCF(71518,71524) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71518 and 71524, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71518 and 71524.

How to find the GCF of 71518 and 71524?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71518 and 71524. After we will calculate the factors of 71518 and 71524 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71518

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

71518 = 2¹ × 35759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71524

Prime factors of 71524 are 2, 17881. Prime factorization of 71524 in exponential form is:

71524 = 2² × 17881¹

Step-3: Factors of 71518

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

1, 2, 35759

Step-4: Factors of 71524

List of positive integer factors of 71524 that divides 71518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17881, 35762

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71518 and 71524. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71518 and 71524 is 2.

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