What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71829 and 71847?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71829 and 71847 is 9.

GCF(71829,71847) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71829 and 71847, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71829 and 71847.

How to find the GCF of 71829 and 71847?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71829 and 71847. After we will calculate the factors of 71829 and 71847 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71829

Prime factors of 71829 are 3, 23, 347. Prime factorization of 71829 in exponential form is:

71829 = 3² × 23¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71847

Prime factors of 71847 are 3, 887. Prime factorization of 71847 in exponential form is:

71847 = 3⁴ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 71829

List of positive integer factors of 71829 that divides 71829 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 23, 69, 207, 347, 1041, 3123, 7981, 23943

Step-4: Factors of 71847

List of positive integer factors of 71847 that divides 71829 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 887, 2661, 7983, 23949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71829 and 71847. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71829 and 71847 is 9.

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