What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72271 and 72275?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72271 and 72275 is 1.

GCF(72271,72275) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72271 and 72275, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72271 and 72275.

How to find the GCF of 72271 and 72275?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72271 and 72275. After we will calculate the factors of 72271 and 72275 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72271

Prime factors of 72271 are 72271. Prime factorization of 72271 in exponential form is:

72271 = 72271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72275

Prime factors of 72275 are 5, 7, 59. Prime factorization of 72275 in exponential form is:

72275 = 5² × 7² × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 72271

List of positive integer factors of 72271 that divides 72271 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72275

List of positive integer factors of 72275 that divides 72271 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 49, 59, 175, 245, 295, 413, 1225, 1475, 2065, 2891, 10325, 14455

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72271 and 72275. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72271 and 72275 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72271 and 72275