What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71944 and 71957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71944 and 71957 is 1.

GCF(71944,71957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71944 and 71957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71944 and 71957.

How to find the GCF of 71944 and 71957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71944 and 71957. After we will calculate the factors of 71944 and 71957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71944

Prime factors of 71944 are 2, 17, 23. Prime factorization of 71944 in exponential form is:

71944 = 2³ × 17¹ × 23²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71957

Prime factors of 71957 are 47, 1531. Prime factorization of 71957 in exponential form is:

71957 = 47¹ × 1531¹

Step-3: Factors of 71944

List of positive integer factors of 71944 that divides 71944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 23, 34, 46, 68, 92, 136, 184, 391, 529, 782, 1058, 1564, 2116, 3128, 4232, 8993, 17986, 35972

Step-4: Factors of 71957

List of positive integer factors of 71957 that divides 71944 without a remainder.

1, 47, 1531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71944 and 71957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71944 and 71957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71944 and 71957