What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71937 and 71943?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71937 and 71943 is 3.

GCF(71937,71943) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71937 and 71943, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71937 and 71943.

How to find the GCF of 71937 and 71943?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71937 and 71943. After we will calculate the factors of 71937 and 71943 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71937

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

71937 = 3² × 7993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71943

Prime factors of 71943 are 3, 23981. Prime factorization of 71943 in exponential form is:

71943 = 3¹ × 23981¹

Step-3: Factors of 71937

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

1, 3, 9, 7993, 23979

Step-4: Factors of 71943

List of positive integer factors of 71943 that divides 71937 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71937 and 71943. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71937 and 71943 is 3.

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