What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71748 and 71768?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71748 and 71768 is 4.

GCF(71748,71768) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71748 and 71768, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71748 and 71768.

How to find the GCF of 71748 and 71768?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71748 and 71768. After we will calculate the factors of 71748 and 71768 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71748

Prime factors of 71748 are 2, 3, 1993. Prime factorization of 71748 in exponential form is:

71748 = 2² × 3² × 1993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71768

Prime factors of 71768 are 2, 8971. Prime factorization of 71768 in exponential form is:

71768 = 2³ × 8971¹

Step-3: Factors of 71748

List of positive integer factors of 71748 that divides 71748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1993, 3986, 5979, 7972, 11958, 17937, 23916, 35874

Step-4: Factors of 71768

List of positive integer factors of 71768 that divides 71748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8971, 17942, 35884

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71748 and 71768. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71748 and 71768 is 4.

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