What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71924 and 71932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71924 and 71932 is 4.

GCF(71924,71932) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71924 and 71932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71924 and 71932.

How to find the GCF of 71924 and 71932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71924 and 71932. After we will calculate the factors of 71924 and 71932 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 71932

Prime factors of 71932 are 2, 7, 367. Prime factorization of 71932 in exponential form is:

71932 = 2² × 7² × 367¹

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 71932

List of positive integer factors of 71932 that divides 71924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 49, 98, 196, 367, 734, 1468, 2569, 5138, 10276, 17983, 35966

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71924 and 71932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71924 and 71932 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71924 and 71932