What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72513 and 72526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72513 and 72526 is 1.

GCF(72513,72526) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72513 and 72526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72513 and 72526.

How to find the GCF of 72513 and 72526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72513 and 72526. After we will calculate the factors of 72513 and 72526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72526

Prime factors of 72526 are 2, 36263. Prime factorization of 72526 in exponential form is:

72526 = 2¹ × 36263¹

Step-3: Factors of 72513

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72526

List of positive integer factors of 72526 that divides 72513 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72513 and 72526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72513 and 72526 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72513 and 72526