What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71889 and 71906?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71889 and 71906 is 1.

GCF(71889,71906) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71889 and 71906, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71889 and 71906.

How to find the GCF of 71889 and 71906?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71889 and 71906. After we will calculate the factors of 71889 and 71906 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71889

Prime factors of 71889 are 3, 31, 773. Prime factorization of 71889 in exponential form is:

71889 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71906

Prime factors of 71906 are 2, 157, 229. Prime factorization of 71906 in exponential form is:

71906 = 2¹ × 157¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 71889

List of positive integer factors of 71889 that divides 71889 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 773, 2319, 23963

Step-4: Factors of 71906

List of positive integer factors of 71906 that divides 71889 without a remainder.

1, 2, 157, 229, 314, 458, 35953

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71889 and 71906. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71889 and 71906 is 1.

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