What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72359 and 72365?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72359 and 72365 is 1.

GCF(72359,72365) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72359 and 72365, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72359 and 72365.

How to find the GCF of 72359 and 72365?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72359 and 72365. After we will calculate the factors of 72359 and 72365 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72359

Prime factors of 72359 are 7, 10337. Prime factorization of 72359 in exponential form is:

72359 = 7¹ × 10337¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72365

Prime factors of 72365 are 5, 41, 353. Prime factorization of 72365 in exponential form is:

72365 = 5¹ × 41¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 72359

List of positive integer factors of 72359 that divides 72359 without a remainder.

1, 7, 10337

Step-4: Factors of 72365

List of positive integer factors of 72365 that divides 72359 without a remainder.

1, 5, 41, 205, 353, 1765, 14473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72359 and 72365. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72359 and 72365 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72359 and 72365