What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71965 and 71976?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71965 and 71976 is 1.

GCF(71965,71976) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71965 and 71976, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71965 and 71976.

How to find the GCF of 71965 and 71976?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71965 and 71976. After we will calculate the factors of 71965 and 71976 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71965

Prime factors of 71965 are 5, 37, 389. Prime factorization of 71965 in exponential form is:

71965 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 71976

Prime factors of 71976 are 2, 3, 2999. Prime factorization of 71976 in exponential form is:

71976 = 2³ × 3¹ × 2999¹

Step-3: Factors of 71965

List of positive integer factors of 71965 that divides 71965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 389, 1945, 14393

Step-4: Factors of 71976

List of positive integer factors of 71976 that divides 71965 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 2999, 5998, 8997, 11996, 17994, 23992, 35988

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71965 and 71976. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71965 and 71976 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71965 and 71976