What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72585 and 72603?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72585 and 72603 is 9.

GCF(72585,72603) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72585 and 72603, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72585 and 72603.

How to find the GCF of 72585 and 72603?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72585 and 72603. After we will calculate the factors of 72585 and 72603 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72585

Prime factors of 72585 are 3, 5, 1613. Prime factorization of 72585 in exponential form is:

72585 = 3² × 5¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72603

Prime factors of 72603 are 3, 2689. Prime factorization of 72603 in exponential form is:

72603 = 3³ × 2689¹

Step-3: Factors of 72585

List of positive integer factors of 72585 that divides 72585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1613, 4839, 8065, 14517, 24195

Step-4: Factors of 72603

List of positive integer factors of 72603 that divides 72585 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 2689, 8067, 24201

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72585 and 72603. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72585 and 72603 is 9.

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