What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71691 and 71700?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71691 and 71700 is 3.

GCF(71691,71700) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71691 and 71700, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71691 and 71700.

How to find the GCF of 71691 and 71700?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71691 and 71700. After we will calculate the factors of 71691 and 71700 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71691

Prime factors of 71691 are 3, 23, 1039. Prime factorization of 71691 in exponential form is:

71691 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 1039¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71700

Prime factors of 71700 are 2, 3, 5, 239. Prime factorization of 71700 in exponential form is:

71700 = 2² × 3¹ × 5² × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 71691

List of positive integer factors of 71691 that divides 71691 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 1039, 3117, 23897

Step-4: Factors of 71700

List of positive integer factors of 71700 that divides 71691 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 60, 75, 100, 150, 239, 300, 478, 717, 956, 1195, 1434, 2390, 2868, 3585, 4780, 5975, 7170, 11950, 14340, 17925, 23900, 35850

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71691 and 71700. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71691 and 71700 is 3.

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