What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72010 and 72022?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72010 and 72022 is 2.

GCF(72010,72022) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72010 and 72022, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72010 and 72022.

How to find the GCF of 72010 and 72022?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72010 and 72022. After we will calculate the factors of 72010 and 72022 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 72022

Prime factors of 72022 are 2, 36011. Prime factorization of 72022 in exponential form is:

72022 = 2¹ × 36011¹

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 72022

List of positive integer factors of 72022 that divides 72010 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36011

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72010 and 72022. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72010 and 72022 is 2.

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