What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72250 and 72255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72250 and 72255 is 5.

GCF(72250,72255) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72250 and 72255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72250 and 72255.

How to find the GCF of 72250 and 72255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72250 and 72255. After we will calculate the factors of 72250 and 72255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72250

Prime factors of 72250 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 72250 in exponential form is:

72250 = 2¹ × 5³ × 17²

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 72250

List of positive integer factors of 72250 that divides 72250 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 25, 34, 50, 85, 125, 170, 250, 289, 425, 578, 850, 1445, 2125, 2890, 4250, 7225, 14450, 36125

Step-4: Factors of 72255

List of positive integer factors of 72255 that divides 72250 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72250 and 72255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72250 and 72255 is 5.

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