What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72465 and 72471?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72465 and 72471 is 3.

GCF(72465,72471) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72465 and 72471, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72465 and 72471.

How to find the GCF of 72465 and 72471?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72465 and 72471. After we will calculate the factors of 72465 and 72471 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72465

Prime factors of 72465 are 3, 5, 4831. Prime factorization of 72465 in exponential form is:

72465 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72471

Prime factors of 72471 are 3, 7, 17, 29. Prime factorization of 72471 in exponential form is:

72471 = 3¹ × 7² × 17¹ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 72465

List of positive integer factors of 72465 that divides 72465 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4831, 14493, 24155

Step-4: Factors of 72471

List of positive integer factors of 72471 that divides 72465 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 17, 21, 29, 49, 51, 87, 119, 147, 203, 357, 493, 609, 833, 1421, 1479, 2499, 3451, 4263, 10353, 24157

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72465 and 72471. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72465 and 72471 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72465 and 72471