What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72010 and 72015?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72010 and 72015 is 5.

GCF(72010,72015) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72010 and 72015, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72010 and 72015.

How to find the GCF of 72010 and 72015?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72010 and 72015. After we will calculate the factors of 72010 and 72015 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72010

Prime factors of 72010 are 2, 5, 19, 379. Prime factorization of 72010 in exponential form is:

72010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 379¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72015

Prime factors of 72015 are 3, 5, 4801. Prime factorization of 72015 in exponential form is:

72015 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4801¹

Step-3: Factors of 72010

List of positive integer factors of 72010 that divides 72010 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 190, 379, 758, 1895, 3790, 7201, 14402, 36005

Step-4: Factors of 72015

List of positive integer factors of 72015 that divides 72010 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4801, 14403, 24005

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72010 and 72015. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72010 and 72015 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72010 and 72015