What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72518 and 72527?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72518 and 72527 is 1.

GCF(72518,72527) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72518 and 72527, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72518 and 72527.

How to find the GCF of 72518 and 72527?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72518 and 72527. After we will calculate the factors of 72518 and 72527 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72518

Prime factors of 72518 are 2, 101, 359. Prime factorization of 72518 in exponential form is:

72518 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72527

Prime factors of 72527 are 7, 13, 797. Prime factorization of 72527 in exponential form is:

72527 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 797¹

Step-3: Factors of 72518

List of positive integer factors of 72518 that divides 72518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 359, 718, 36259

Step-4: Factors of 72527

List of positive integer factors of 72527 that divides 72518 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 797, 5579, 10361

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72518 and 72527. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72518 and 72527 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72518 and 72527