What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71672 and 71692?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71672 and 71692 is 4.

GCF(71672,71692) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71672 and 71692, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71672 and 71692.

How to find the GCF of 71672 and 71692?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71672 and 71692. After we will calculate the factors of 71672 and 71692 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 71692

Prime factors of 71692 are 2, 17923. Prime factorization of 71692 in exponential form is:

71692 = 2² × 17923¹

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 71692

List of positive integer factors of 71692 that divides 71672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17923, 35846

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71672 and 71692. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71672 and 71692 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71672 and 71692