What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72258 and 72276?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72258 and 72276 is 6.

GCF(72258,72276) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72258 and 72276, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72258 and 72276.

How to find the GCF of 72258 and 72276?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72258 and 72276. After we will calculate the factors of 72258 and 72276 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72258

Prime factors of 72258 are 2, 3, 12043. Prime factorization of 72258 in exponential form is:

72258 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12043¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72276

Prime factors of 72276 are 2, 3, 19, 317. Prime factorization of 72276 in exponential form is:

72276 = 2² × 3¹ × 19¹ × 317¹

Step-3: Factors of 72258

List of positive integer factors of 72258 that divides 72258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12043, 24086, 36129

Step-4: Factors of 72276

List of positive integer factors of 72276 that divides 72258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 19, 38, 57, 76, 114, 228, 317, 634, 951, 1268, 1902, 3804, 6023, 12046, 18069, 24092, 36138

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72258 and 72276. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72258 and 72276 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72258 and 72276