What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72579 and 72594?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72579 and 72594 is 3.

GCF(72579,72594) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72579 and 72594, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72579 and 72594.

How to find the GCF of 72579 and 72594?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72579 and 72594. After we will calculate the factors of 72579 and 72594 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 72594

Prime factors of 72594 are 2, 3, 37, 109. Prime factorization of 72594 in exponential form is:

72594 = 2¹ × 3² × 37¹ × 109¹

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 72594

List of positive integer factors of 72594 that divides 72579 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 37, 74, 109, 111, 218, 222, 327, 333, 654, 666, 981, 1962, 4033, 8066, 12099, 24198, 36297

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72579 and 72594. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72579 and 72594 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72579 and 72594