What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72542 and 72548?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72542 and 72548 is 2.

GCF(72542,72548) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72542 and 72548, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72542 and 72548.

How to find the GCF of 72542 and 72548?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72542 and 72548. After we will calculate the factors of 72542 and 72548 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72542

Prime factors of 72542 are 2, 19, 23, 83. Prime factorization of 72542 in exponential form is:

72542 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 23¹ × 83¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72548

Prime factors of 72548 are 2, 7, 2591. Prime factorization of 72548 in exponential form is:

72548 = 2² × 7¹ × 2591¹

Step-3: Factors of 72542

List of positive integer factors of 72542 that divides 72542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 23, 38, 46, 83, 166, 437, 874, 1577, 1909, 3154, 3818, 36271

Step-4: Factors of 72548

List of positive integer factors of 72548 that divides 72542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2591, 5182, 10364, 18137, 36274

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72542 and 72548. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72542 and 72548 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72542 and 72548