What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72498 and 72502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72498 and 72502 is 2.

GCF(72498,72502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72498 and 72502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72498 and 72502.

How to find the GCF of 72498 and 72502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72498 and 72502. After we will calculate the factors of 72498 and 72502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72498

Prime factors of 72498 are 2, 3, 43, 281. Prime factorization of 72498 in exponential form is:

72498 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 43¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72502

Prime factors of 72502 are 2, 36251. Prime factorization of 72502 in exponential form is:

72502 = 2¹ × 36251¹

Step-3: Factors of 72498

List of positive integer factors of 72498 that divides 72498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 43, 86, 129, 258, 281, 562, 843, 1686, 12083, 24166, 36249

Step-4: Factors of 72502

List of positive integer factors of 72502 that divides 72498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72498 and 72502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72498 and 72502 is 2.

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