What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72478 and 72494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72478 and 72494 is 2.

GCF(72478,72494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72478 and 72494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72478 and 72494.

How to find the GCF of 72478 and 72494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72478 and 72494. After we will calculate the factors of 72478 and 72494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72494

Prime factors of 72494 are 2, 67, 541. Prime factorization of 72494 in exponential form is:

72494 = 2¹ × 67¹ × 541¹

Step-3: Factors of 72478

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72494

List of positive integer factors of 72494 that divides 72478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 67, 134, 541, 1082, 36247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72478 and 72494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72478 and 72494 is 2.

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