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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71916 and 71928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71916 and 71928 is 12.

GCF(71916,71928) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71916 and 71928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71916 and 71928.

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How to find the GCF of 71916 and 71928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71916 and 71928. After we will calculate the factors of 71916 and 71928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71916

Prime factors of 71916 are 2, 3, 13, 461. Prime factorization of 71916 in exponential form is:

71916 = 22 × 31 × 131 × 4611

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71928

Prime factors of 71928 are 2, 3, 37. Prime factorization of 71928 in exponential form is:

71928 = 23 × 35 × 371

Step-3: Factors of 71916

List of positive integer factors of 71916 that divides 71916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 461, 922, 1383, 1844, 2766, 5532, 5993, 11986, 17979, 23972, 35958

Step-4: Factors of 71928

List of positive integer factors of 71928 that divides 71916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 27, 36, 37, 54, 72, 74, 81, 108, 111, 148, 162, 216, 222, 243, 296, 324, 333, 444, 486, 648, 666, 888, 972, 999, 1332, 1944, 1998, 2664, 2997, 3996, 5994, 7992, 8991, 11988, 17982, 23976, 35964

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71916 and 71928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71916 and 71928 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71916 and 71928