What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71535 and 71541?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71535 and 71541 is 3.

GCF(71535,71541) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71535 and 71541, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71535 and 71541.

How to find the GCF of 71535 and 71541?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71535 and 71541. After we will calculate the factors of 71535 and 71541 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71535

Prime factors of 71535 are 3, 5, 19, 251. Prime factorization of 71535 in exponential form is:

71535 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71541

Prime factors of 71541 are 3, 7949. Prime factorization of 71541 in exponential form is:

71541 = 3² × 7949¹

Step-3: Factors of 71535

List of positive integer factors of 71535 that divides 71535 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 19, 57, 95, 251, 285, 753, 1255, 3765, 4769, 14307, 23845

Step-4: Factors of 71541

List of positive integer factors of 71541 that divides 71535 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 7949, 23847

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71535 and 71541. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71535 and 71541 is 3.

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