What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72467 and 72478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72467 and 72478 is 1.

GCF(72467,72478) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72467 and 72478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72467 and 72478.

How to find the GCF of 72467 and 72478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72467 and 72478. After we will calculate the factors of 72467 and 72478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72467

Prime factors of 72467 are 72467. Prime factorization of 72467 in exponential form is:

72467 = 72467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72478

Prime factors of 72478 are 2, 7, 31, 167. Prime factorization of 72478 in exponential form is:

72478 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 31¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 72467

List of positive integer factors of 72467 that divides 72467 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72478

List of positive integer factors of 72478 that divides 72467 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 31, 62, 167, 217, 334, 434, 1169, 2338, 5177, 10354, 36239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72467 and 72478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72467 and 72478 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72467 and 72478