What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72251 and 72255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72251 and 72255 is 1.

GCF(72251,72255) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72251 and 72255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72251 and 72255.

How to find the GCF of 72251 and 72255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72251 and 72255. After we will calculate the factors of 72251 and 72255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72251

Prime factors of 72251 are 72251. Prime factorization of 72251 in exponential form is:

72251 = 72251¹

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 72251

List of positive integer factors of 72251 that divides 72251 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72255

List of positive integer factors of 72255 that divides 72251 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72251 and 72255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72251 and 72255 is 1.

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