What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71946 and 71950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71946 and 71950 is 2.

GCF(71946,71950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71946 and 71950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71946 and 71950.

How to find the GCF of 71946 and 71950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71946 and 71950. After we will calculate the factors of 71946 and 71950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71946

Prime factors of 71946 are 2, 3, 7, 571. Prime factorization of 71946 in exponential form is:

71946 = 2¹ × 3² × 7¹ × 571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71950

Prime factors of 71950 are 2, 5, 1439. Prime factorization of 71950 in exponential form is:

71950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1439¹

Step-3: Factors of 71946

List of positive integer factors of 71946 that divides 71946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 571, 1142, 1713, 3426, 3997, 5139, 7994, 10278, 11991, 23982, 35973

Step-4: Factors of 71950

List of positive integer factors of 71950 that divides 71946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1439, 2878, 7195, 14390, 35975

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71946 and 71950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71946 and 71950 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71946 and 71950