What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72158 and 72165?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72158 and 72165 is 1.

GCF(72158,72165) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72158 and 72165, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72158 and 72165.

How to find the GCF of 72158 and 72165?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72158 and 72165. After we will calculate the factors of 72158 and 72165 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72158

Prime factors of 72158 are 2, 109, 331. Prime factorization of 72158 in exponential form is:

72158 = 2¹ × 109¹ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72165

Prime factors of 72165 are 3, 5, 17, 283. Prime factorization of 72165 in exponential form is:

72165 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 72158

List of positive integer factors of 72158 that divides 72158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 109, 218, 331, 662, 36079

Step-4: Factors of 72165

List of positive integer factors of 72165 that divides 72158 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255, 283, 849, 1415, 4245, 4811, 14433, 24055

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72158 and 72165. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72158 and 72165 is 1.

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