What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71940 and 71953?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71940 and 71953 is 1.

GCF(71940,71953) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71940 and 71953, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71940 and 71953.

How to find the GCF of 71940 and 71953?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71940 and 71953. After we will calculate the factors of 71940 and 71953 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71940

Prime factors of 71940 are 2, 3, 5, 11, 109. Prime factorization of 71940 in exponential form is:

71940 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71953

Prime factors of 71953 are 7, 19, 541. Prime factorization of 71953 in exponential form is:

71953 = 7¹ × 19¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 71940

List of positive integer factors of 71940 that divides 71940 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 30, 33, 44, 55, 60, 66, 109, 110, 132, 165, 218, 220, 327, 330, 436, 545, 654, 660, 1090, 1199, 1308, 1635, 2180, 2398, 3270, 3597, 4796, 5995, 6540, 7194, 11990, 14388, 17985, 23980, 35970

Step-4: Factors of 71953

List of positive integer factors of 71953 that divides 71940 without a remainder.

1, 7, 19, 133, 541, 3787, 10279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71940 and 71953. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71940 and 71953 is 1.

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