What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71802 and 71818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71802 and 71818 is 2.

GCF(71802,71818) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71802 and 71818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71802 and 71818.

How to find the GCF of 71802 and 71818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71802 and 71818. After we will calculate the factors of 71802 and 71818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71802

Prime factors of 71802 are 2, 3, 3989. Prime factorization of 71802 in exponential form is:

71802 = 2¹ × 3² × 3989¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71818

Prime factors of 71818 are 2, 149, 241. Prime factorization of 71818 in exponential form is:

71818 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 71802

List of positive integer factors of 71802 that divides 71802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 3989, 7978, 11967, 23934, 35901

Step-4: Factors of 71818

List of positive integer factors of 71818 that divides 71802 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 241, 298, 482, 35909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71802 and 71818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71802 and 71818 is 2.

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