What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72283 and 72301?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72283 and 72301 is 1.

GCF(72283,72301) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72283 and 72301, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72283 and 72301.

How to find the GCF of 72283 and 72301?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72283 and 72301. After we will calculate the factors of 72283 and 72301 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72283

Prime factors of 72283 are 41, 43. Prime factorization of 72283 in exponential form is:

72283 = 41² × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72301

Prime factors of 72301 are 17, 4253. Prime factorization of 72301 in exponential form is:

72301 = 17¹ × 4253¹

Step-3: Factors of 72283

List of positive integer factors of 72283 that divides 72283 without a remainder.

1, 41, 43, 1681, 1763

Step-4: Factors of 72301

List of positive integer factors of 72301 that divides 72283 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4253

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72283 and 72301. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72283 and 72301 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72283 and 72301