What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71543 and 71556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71543 and 71556 is 1.

GCF(71543,71556) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71543 and 71556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71543 and 71556.

How to find the GCF of 71543 and 71556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71543 and 71556. After we will calculate the factors of 71543 and 71556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71543

Prime factors of 71543 are 29, 2467. Prime factorization of 71543 in exponential form is:

71543 = 29¹ × 2467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71556

Prime factors of 71556 are 2, 3, 67, 89. Prime factorization of 71556 in exponential form is:

71556 = 2² × 3¹ × 67¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 71543

List of positive integer factors of 71543 that divides 71543 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2467

Step-4: Factors of 71556

List of positive integer factors of 71556 that divides 71543 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 67, 89, 134, 178, 201, 267, 268, 356, 402, 534, 804, 1068, 5963, 11926, 17889, 23852, 35778

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71543 and 71556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71543 and 71556 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71543 and 71556