What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72079 and 72084?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72079 and 72084 is 1.

GCF(72079,72084) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72079 and 72084, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72079 and 72084.

How to find the GCF of 72079 and 72084?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72079 and 72084. After we will calculate the factors of 72079 and 72084 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72079

Prime factors of 72079 are 7, 1471. Prime factorization of 72079 in exponential form is:

72079 = 7² × 1471¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72084

Prime factors of 72084 are 2, 3, 6007. Prime factorization of 72084 in exponential form is:

72084 = 2² × 3¹ × 6007¹

Step-3: Factors of 72079

List of positive integer factors of 72079 that divides 72079 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 1471, 10297

Step-4: Factors of 72084

List of positive integer factors of 72084 that divides 72079 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 6007, 12014, 18021, 24028, 36042

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72079 and 72084. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72079 and 72084 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72079 and 72084