What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72641 and 72653?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72641 and 72653 is 1.

GCF(72641,72653) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72641 and 72653, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72641 and 72653.

How to find the GCF of 72641 and 72653?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72641 and 72653. After we will calculate the factors of 72641 and 72653 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72641

Prime factors of 72641 are 17, 4273. Prime factorization of 72641 in exponential form is:

72641 = 17¹ × 4273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72653

Prime factors of 72653 are 7, 97, 107. Prime factorization of 72653 in exponential form is:

72653 = 7¹ × 97¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 72641

List of positive integer factors of 72641 that divides 72641 without a remainder.

1, 17, 4273

Step-4: Factors of 72653

List of positive integer factors of 72653 that divides 72641 without a remainder.

1, 7, 97, 107, 679, 749, 10379

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72641 and 72653. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72641 and 72653 is 1.

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