What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71570 and 71587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71570 and 71587 is 17.

GCF(71570,71587) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71570 and 71587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71570 and 71587.

How to find the GCF of 71570 and 71587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71570 and 71587. After we will calculate the factors of 71570 and 71587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71570

Prime factors of 71570 are 2, 5, 17, 421. Prime factorization of 71570 in exponential form is:

71570 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71587

Prime factors of 71587 are 17, 4211. Prime factorization of 71587 in exponential form is:

71587 = 17¹ × 4211¹

Step-3: Factors of 71570

List of positive integer factors of 71570 that divides 71570 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 170, 421, 842, 2105, 4210, 7157, 14314, 35785

Step-4: Factors of 71587

List of positive integer factors of 71587 that divides 71570 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4211

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71570 and 71587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71570 and 71587 is 17.

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