What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71532 and 71542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71532 and 71542 is 2.

GCF(71532,71542) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71532 and 71542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71532 and 71542.

How to find the GCF of 71532 and 71542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71532 and 71542. After we will calculate the factors of 71532 and 71542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71532

Prime factors of 71532 are 2, 3, 1987. Prime factorization of 71532 in exponential form is:

71532 = 2² × 3² × 1987¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71542

Prime factors of 71542 are 2, 35771. Prime factorization of 71542 in exponential form is:

71542 = 2¹ × 35771¹

Step-3: Factors of 71532

List of positive integer factors of 71532 that divides 71532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1987, 3974, 5961, 7948, 11922, 17883, 23844, 35766

Step-4: Factors of 71542

List of positive integer factors of 71542 that divides 71532 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35771

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71532 and 71542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71532 and 71542 is 2.

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