What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72539 and 72550?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72539 and 72550 is 1.

GCF(72539,72550) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72539 and 72550, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72539 and 72550.

How to find the GCF of 72539 and 72550?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72539 and 72550. After we will calculate the factors of 72539 and 72550 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72539

Prime factors of 72539 are 17, 251. Prime factorization of 72539 in exponential form is:

72539 = 17² × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72550

Prime factors of 72550 are 2, 5, 1451. Prime factorization of 72550 in exponential form is:

72550 = 2¹ × 5² × 1451¹

Step-3: Factors of 72539

List of positive integer factors of 72539 that divides 72539 without a remainder.

1, 17, 251, 289, 4267

Step-4: Factors of 72550

List of positive integer factors of 72550 that divides 72539 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1451, 2902, 7255, 14510, 36275

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72539 and 72550. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72539 and 72550 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72539 and 72550