What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72070 and 72087?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72070 and 72087 is 1.

GCF(72070,72087) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72070 and 72087, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72070 and 72087.

How to find the GCF of 72070 and 72087?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72070 and 72087. After we will calculate the factors of 72070 and 72087 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72070

Prime factors of 72070 are 2, 5, 7207. Prime factorization of 72070 in exponential form is:

72070 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7207¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72087

Prime factors of 72087 are 3, 24029. Prime factorization of 72087 in exponential form is:

72087 = 3¹ × 24029¹

Step-3: Factors of 72070

List of positive integer factors of 72070 that divides 72070 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7207, 14414, 36035

Step-4: Factors of 72087

List of positive integer factors of 72087 that divides 72070 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24029

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72070 and 72087. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72070 and 72087 is 1.

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