What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72553 and 72568?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72553 and 72568 is 1.

GCF(72553,72568) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72553 and 72568, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72553 and 72568.

How to find the GCF of 72553 and 72568?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72553 and 72568. After we will calculate the factors of 72553 and 72568 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72553

Prime factors of 72553 are 13, 5581. Prime factorization of 72553 in exponential form is:

72553 = 13¹ × 5581¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72568

Prime factors of 72568 are 2, 47, 193. Prime factorization of 72568 in exponential form is:

72568 = 2³ × 47¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 72553

List of positive integer factors of 72553 that divides 72553 without a remainder.

1, 13, 5581

Step-4: Factors of 72568

List of positive integer factors of 72568 that divides 72553 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 47, 94, 188, 193, 376, 386, 772, 1544, 9071, 18142, 36284

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72553 and 72568. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72553 and 72568 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72553 and 72568