What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72435 and 72441?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72435 and 72441 is 3.

GCF(72435,72441) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72435 and 72441, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72435 and 72441.

How to find the GCF of 72435 and 72441?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72435 and 72441. After we will calculate the factors of 72435 and 72441 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72435

Prime factors of 72435 are 3, 5, 11, 439. Prime factorization of 72435 in exponential form is:

72435 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72441

Prime factors of 72441 are 3, 2683. Prime factorization of 72441 in exponential form is:

72441 = 3³ × 2683¹

Step-3: Factors of 72435

List of positive integer factors of 72435 that divides 72435 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 33, 55, 165, 439, 1317, 2195, 4829, 6585, 14487, 24145

Step-4: Factors of 72441

List of positive integer factors of 72441 that divides 72435 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 2683, 8049, 24147

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72435 and 72441. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72435 and 72441 is 3.

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