What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71926 and 71930?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71926 and 71930 is 2.

GCF(71926,71930) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71926 and 71930, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71926 and 71930.

How to find the GCF of 71926 and 71930?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71926 and 71930. After we will calculate the factors of 71926 and 71930 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71926

Prime factors of 71926 are 2, 35963. Prime factorization of 71926 in exponential form is:

71926 = 2¹ × 35963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71930

Prime factors of 71930 are 2, 5, 7193. Prime factorization of 71930 in exponential form is:

71930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7193¹

Step-3: Factors of 71926

List of positive integer factors of 71926 that divides 71926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 35963

Step-4: Factors of 71930

List of positive integer factors of 71930 that divides 71926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7193, 14386, 35965

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71926 and 71930. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71926 and 71930 is 2.

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