What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72591 and 72603?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72591 and 72603 is 3.

GCF(72591,72603) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72591 and 72603, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72591 and 72603.

How to find the GCF of 72591 and 72603?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72591 and 72603. After we will calculate the factors of 72591 and 72603 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72591

Prime factors of 72591 are 3, 24197. Prime factorization of 72591 in exponential form is:

72591 = 3¹ × 24197¹

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 72591

List of positive integer factors of 72591 that divides 72591 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24197

Step-4: Factors of 72603

List of positive integer factors of 72603 that divides 72591 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72591 and 72603. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72591 and 72603 is 3.

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