What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72425 and 72443?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72425 and 72443 is 1.

GCF(72425,72443) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72425 and 72443, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72425 and 72443.

How to find the GCF of 72425 and 72443?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72425 and 72443. After we will calculate the factors of 72425 and 72443 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72425

Prime factors of 72425 are 5, 2897. Prime factorization of 72425 in exponential form is:

72425 = 5² × 2897¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72443

Prime factors of 72443 are 7, 79, 131. Prime factorization of 72443 in exponential form is:

72443 = 7¹ × 79¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 72425

List of positive integer factors of 72425 that divides 72425 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 2897, 14485

Step-4: Factors of 72443

List of positive integer factors of 72443 that divides 72425 without a remainder.

1, 7, 79, 131, 553, 917, 10349

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72425 and 72443. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72425 and 72443 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72425 and 72443