What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72579 and 72589?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72579 and 72589 is 1.

GCF(72579,72589) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72579 and 72589, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72579 and 72589.

How to find the GCF of 72579 and 72589?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72579 and 72589. After we will calculate the factors of 72579 and 72589 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72579

Prime factors of 72579 are 3, 13, 1861. Prime factorization of 72579 in exponential form is:

72579 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72589

Prime factors of 72589 are 11, 6599. Prime factorization of 72589 in exponential form is:

72589 = 11¹ × 6599¹

Step-3: Factors of 72579

List of positive integer factors of 72579 that divides 72579 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1861, 5583, 24193

Step-4: Factors of 72589

List of positive integer factors of 72589 that divides 72579 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6599

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72579 and 72589. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72579 and 72589 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72579 and 72589