What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71905 and 71924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71905 and 71924 is 1.

GCF(71905,71924) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71905 and 71924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71905 and 71924.

How to find the GCF of 71905 and 71924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71905 and 71924. After we will calculate the factors of 71905 and 71924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71905

Prime factors of 71905 are 5, 73, 197. Prime factorization of 71905 in exponential form is:

71905 = 5¹ × 73¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71924

Prime factors of 71924 are 2, 17981. Prime factorization of 71924 in exponential form is:

71924 = 2² × 17981¹

Step-3: Factors of 71905

List of positive integer factors of 71905 that divides 71905 without a remainder.

1, 5, 73, 197, 365, 985, 14381

Step-4: Factors of 71924

List of positive integer factors of 71924 that divides 71905 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17981, 35962

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71905 and 71924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71905 and 71924 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71905 and 71924