What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71672 and 71684?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71672 and 71684 is 4.

GCF(71672,71684) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71672 and 71684, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71672 and 71684.

How to find the GCF of 71672 and 71684?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71672 and 71684. After we will calculate the factors of 71672 and 71684 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71672

Prime factors of 71672 are 2, 17, 31. Prime factorization of 71672 in exponential form is:

71672 = 2³ × 17² × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71684

Prime factors of 71684 are 2, 17921. Prime factorization of 71684 in exponential form is:

71684 = 2² × 17921¹

Step-3: Factors of 71672

List of positive integer factors of 71672 that divides 71672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 31, 34, 62, 68, 124, 136, 248, 289, 527, 578, 1054, 1156, 2108, 2312, 4216, 8959, 17918, 35836

Step-4: Factors of 71684

List of positive integer factors of 71684 that divides 71672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17921, 35842

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71672 and 71684. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71672 and 71684 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71672 and 71684