What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72509 and 72525?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72509 and 72525 is 1.

GCF(72509,72525) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72509 and 72525, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72509 and 72525.

How to find the GCF of 72509 and 72525?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72509 and 72525. After we will calculate the factors of 72509 and 72525 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72509

Prime factors of 72509 are 31, 2339. Prime factorization of 72509 in exponential form is:

72509 = 31¹ × 2339¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72525

Prime factors of 72525 are 3, 5, 967. Prime factorization of 72525 in exponential form is:

72525 = 3¹ × 5² × 967¹

Step-3: Factors of 72509

List of positive integer factors of 72509 that divides 72509 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2339

Step-4: Factors of 72525

List of positive integer factors of 72525 that divides 72509 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 967, 2901, 4835, 14505, 24175

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72509 and 72525. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72509 and 72525 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72509 and 72525