What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72052 and 72057?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72052 and 72057 is 1.

GCF(72052,72057) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72052 and 72057, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72052 and 72057.

How to find the GCF of 72052 and 72057?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72052 and 72057. After we will calculate the factors of 72052 and 72057 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72052

Prime factors of 72052 are 2, 18013. Prime factorization of 72052 in exponential form is:

72052 = 2² × 18013¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72057

Prime factors of 72057 are 3, 24019. Prime factorization of 72057 in exponential form is:

72057 = 3¹ × 24019¹

Step-3: Factors of 72052

List of positive integer factors of 72052 that divides 72052 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18013, 36026

Step-4: Factors of 72057

List of positive integer factors of 72057 that divides 72052 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24019

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72052 and 72057. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72052 and 72057 is 1.

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