What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72515 and 72530?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72515 and 72530 is 5.

GCF(72515,72530) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72515 and 72530, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72515 and 72530.

How to find the GCF of 72515 and 72530?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72515 and 72530. After we will calculate the factors of 72515 and 72530 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72515

Prime factors of 72515 are 5, 14503. Prime factorization of 72515 in exponential form is:

72515 = 5¹ × 14503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72530

Prime factors of 72530 are 2, 5, 7253. Prime factorization of 72530 in exponential form is:

72530 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7253¹

Step-3: Factors of 72515

List of positive integer factors of 72515 that divides 72515 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14503

Step-4: Factors of 72530

List of positive integer factors of 72530 that divides 72515 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7253, 14506, 36265

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72515 and 72530. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72515 and 72530 is 5.

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