What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72502 and 72516?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72502 and 72516 is 2.

GCF(72502,72516) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72502 and 72516, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72502 and 72516.

How to find the GCF of 72502 and 72516?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72502 and 72516. After we will calculate the factors of 72502 and 72516 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72502

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

72502 = 2¹ × 36251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72516

Prime factors of 72516 are 2, 3, 6043. Prime factorization of 72516 in exponential form is:

72516 = 2² × 3¹ × 6043¹

Step-3: Factors of 72502

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

1, 2, 36251

Step-4: Factors of 72516

List of positive integer factors of 72516 that divides 72502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 6043, 12086, 18129, 24172, 36258

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72502 and 72516. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72502 and 72516 is 2.

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