What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71924 and 71937?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71924 and 71937 is 1.

GCF(71924,71937) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71924 and 71937, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71924 and 71937.

How to find the GCF of 71924 and 71937?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71924 and 71937. After we will calculate the factors of 71924 and 71937 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 71937

Prime factors of 71937 are 3, 7993. Prime factorization of 71937 in exponential form is:

71937 = 3² × 7993¹

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 71937

List of positive integer factors of 71937 that divides 71924 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 7993, 23979

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71924 and 71937. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71924 and 71937 is 1.

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