What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72580 and 72587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72580 and 72587 is 1.

GCF(72580,72587) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72580 and 72587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72580 and 72587.

How to find the GCF of 72580 and 72587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72580 and 72587. After we will calculate the factors of 72580 and 72587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72580

Prime factors of 72580 are 2, 5, 19, 191. Prime factorization of 72580 in exponential form is:

72580 = 2² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72587

Prime factors of 72587 are 29, 2503. Prime factorization of 72587 in exponential form is:

72587 = 29¹ × 2503¹

Step-3: Factors of 72580

List of positive integer factors of 72580 that divides 72580 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 38, 76, 95, 190, 191, 380, 382, 764, 955, 1910, 3629, 3820, 7258, 14516, 18145, 36290

Step-4: Factors of 72587

List of positive integer factors of 72587 that divides 72580 without a remainder.

1, 29, 2503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72580 and 72587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72580 and 72587 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72580 and 72587