What is the Greatest Common Factor of 71992 and 72007?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 71992 and 72007 is 1.

GCF(71992,72007) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 71992 and 72007, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 71992 and 72007.

How to find the GCF of 71992 and 72007?

We will first find the prime factorization of 71992 and 72007. After we will calculate the factors of 71992 and 72007 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 71992

Prime factors of 71992 are 2, 8999. Prime factorization of 71992 in exponential form is:

71992 = 2³ × 8999¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72007

Prime factors of 72007 are 13, 29, 191. Prime factorization of 72007 in exponential form is:

72007 = 13¹ × 29¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 71992

List of positive integer factors of 71992 that divides 71992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 8999, 17998, 35996

Step-4: Factors of 72007

List of positive integer factors of 72007 that divides 71992 without a remainder.

1, 13, 29, 191, 377, 2483, 5539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 71992 and 72007. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 71992 and 72007 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 71992 and 72007