What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71963 and 71982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71963 and 71982 is 1.

GCF(71963,71982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71963 and 71982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71963 and 71982.

How to find the GCF of 71963 and 71982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71963 and 71982. After we will calculate the factors of 71963 and 71982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71963

Prime factors of 71963 are 71963. Prime factorization of 71963 in exponential form is:

71963 = 71963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71982

Prime factors of 71982 are 2, 3, 31, 43. Prime factorization of 71982 in exponential form is:

71982 = 2¹ × 3³ × 31¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 71963

List of positive integer factors of 71963 that divides 71963 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 71982

List of positive integer factors of 71982 that divides 71963 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 31, 43, 54, 62, 86, 93, 129, 186, 258, 279, 387, 558, 774, 837, 1161, 1333, 1674, 2322, 2666, 3999, 7998, 11997, 23994, 35991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71963 and 71982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71963 and 71982 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71963 and 71982