What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72597 and 72604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72597 and 72604 is 7.

GCF(72597,72604) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72597 and 72604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72597 and 72604.

How to find the GCF of 72597 and 72604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72597 and 72604. After we will calculate the factors of 72597 and 72604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72597

Prime factors of 72597 are 3, 7, 3457. Prime factorization of 72597 in exponential form is:

72597 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72604

Prime factors of 72604 are 2, 7, 2593. Prime factorization of 72604 in exponential form is:

72604 = 2² × 7¹ × 2593¹

Step-3: Factors of 72597

List of positive integer factors of 72597 that divides 72597 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3457, 10371, 24199

Step-4: Factors of 72604

List of positive integer factors of 72604 that divides 72597 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 2593, 5186, 10372, 18151, 36302

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72597 and 72604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72597 and 72604 is 7.

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