What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71924 and 71929?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71924 and 71929 is 1.

GCF(71924,71929) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71924 and 71929, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71924 and 71929.

How to find the GCF of 71924 and 71929?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71924 and 71929. After we will calculate the factors of 71924 and 71929 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71924

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

71924 = 2² × 17981¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71929

Prime factors of 71929 are 11, 13, 503. Prime factorization of 71929 in exponential form is:

71929 = 11¹ × 13¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 71924

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

1, 2, 4, 17981, 35962

Step-4: Factors of 71929

List of positive integer factors of 71929 that divides 71924 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 143, 503, 5533, 6539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71924 and 71929. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71924 and 71929 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71924 and 71929