What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72507 and 72513?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72507 and 72513 is 3.

GCF(72507,72513) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72507 and 72513, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72507 and 72513.

How to find the GCF of 72507 and 72513?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72507 and 72513. After we will calculate the factors of 72507 and 72513 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72507

Prime factors of 72507 are 3, 24169. Prime factorization of 72507 in exponential form is:

72507 = 3¹ × 24169¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72513

Prime factors of 72513 are 3, 7, 1151. Prime factorization of 72513 in exponential form is:

72513 = 3² × 7¹ × 1151¹

Step-3: Factors of 72507

List of positive integer factors of 72507 that divides 72507 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24169

Step-4: Factors of 72513

List of positive integer factors of 72513 that divides 72507 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 1151, 3453, 8057, 10359, 24171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72507 and 72513. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72507 and 72513 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72507 and 72513