What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72551 and 72560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72551 and 72560 is 1.

GCF(72551,72560) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72551 and 72560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72551 and 72560.

How to find the GCF of 72551 and 72560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72551 and 72560. After we will calculate the factors of 72551 and 72560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72551

Prime factors of 72551 are 72551. Prime factorization of 72551 in exponential form is:

72551 = 72551¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72560

Prime factors of 72560 are 2, 5, 907. Prime factorization of 72560 in exponential form is:

72560 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 72551

List of positive integer factors of 72551 that divides 72551 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72560

List of positive integer factors of 72560 that divides 72551 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 907, 1814, 3628, 4535, 7256, 9070, 14512, 18140, 36280

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72551 and 72560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72551 and 72560 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72551 and 72560