What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71859 and 71875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71859 and 71875 is 1.

GCF(71859,71875) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71859 and 71875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71859 and 71875.

How to find the GCF of 71859 and 71875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71859 and 71875. After we will calculate the factors of 71859 and 71875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71859

Prime factors of 71859 are 3, 17, 1409. Prime factorization of 71859 in exponential form is:

71859 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 1409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71875

Prime factors of 71875 are 5, 23. Prime factorization of 71875 in exponential form is:

71875 = 5⁵ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 71859

List of positive integer factors of 71859 that divides 71859 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 1409, 4227, 23953

Step-4: Factors of 71875

List of positive integer factors of 71875 that divides 71859 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 25, 115, 125, 575, 625, 2875, 3125, 14375

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71859 and 71875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71859 and 71875 is 1.

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