What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72237 and 72255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72237 and 72255 is 3.

GCF(72237,72255) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72237 and 72255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72237 and 72255.

How to find the GCF of 72237 and 72255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72237 and 72255. After we will calculate the factors of 72237 and 72255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72237

Prime factors of 72237 are 3, 11, 199. Prime factorization of 72237 in exponential form is:

72237 = 3¹ × 11² × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72255

Prime factors of 72255 are 3, 5, 4817. Prime factorization of 72255 in exponential form is:

72255 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4817¹

Step-3: Factors of 72237

List of positive integer factors of 72237 that divides 72237 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 121, 199, 363, 597, 2189, 6567, 24079

Step-4: Factors of 72255

List of positive integer factors of 72255 that divides 72237 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4817, 14451, 24085

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72237 and 72255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72237 and 72255 is 3.

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