What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71566 and 71580?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71566 and 71580 is 2.

GCF(71566,71580) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71566 and 71580, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71566 and 71580.

How to find the GCF of 71566 and 71580?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71566 and 71580. After we will calculate the factors of 71566 and 71580 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71566

Prime factors of 71566 are 2, 11, 3253. Prime factorization of 71566 in exponential form is:

71566 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3253¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71580

Prime factors of 71580 are 2, 3, 5, 1193. Prime factorization of 71580 in exponential form is:

71580 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 1193¹

Step-3: Factors of 71566

List of positive integer factors of 71566 that divides 71566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3253, 6506, 35783

Step-4: Factors of 71580

List of positive integer factors of 71580 that divides 71566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 1193, 2386, 3579, 4772, 5965, 7158, 11930, 14316, 17895, 23860, 35790

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71566 and 71580. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71566 and 71580 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71566 and 71580