What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71912 and 71922?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71912 and 71922 is 2.

GCF(71912,71922) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71912 and 71922, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71912 and 71922.

How to find the GCF of 71912 and 71922?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71912 and 71922. After we will calculate the factors of 71912 and 71922 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71912

Prime factors of 71912 are 2, 89, 101. Prime factorization of 71912 in exponential form is:

71912 = 2³ × 89¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71922

Prime factors of 71922 are 2, 3, 11987. Prime factorization of 71922 in exponential form is:

71922 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11987¹

Step-3: Factors of 71912

List of positive integer factors of 71912 that divides 71912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 89, 101, 178, 202, 356, 404, 712, 808, 8989, 17978, 35956

Step-4: Factors of 71922

List of positive integer factors of 71922 that divides 71912 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11987, 23974, 35961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71912 and 71922. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71912 and 71922 is 2.

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