What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71842 and 71861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71842 and 71861 is 1.

GCF(71842,71861) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71842 and 71861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71842 and 71861.

How to find the GCF of 71842 and 71861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71842 and 71861. After we will calculate the factors of 71842 and 71861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71842

Prime factors of 71842 are 2, 17, 2113. Prime factorization of 71842 in exponential form is:

71842 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71861

Prime factors of 71861 are 71861. Prime factorization of 71861 in exponential form is:

71861 = 71861¹

Step-3: Factors of 71842

List of positive integer factors of 71842 that divides 71842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2113, 4226, 35921

Step-4: Factors of 71861

List of positive integer factors of 71861 that divides 71842 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71842 and 71861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71842 and 71861 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71842 and 71861