What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72642 and 72654?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72642 and 72654 is 6.

GCF(72642,72654) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72642 and 72654, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72642 and 72654.

How to find the GCF of 72642 and 72654?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72642 and 72654. After we will calculate the factors of 72642 and 72654 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72642

Prime factors of 72642 are 2, 3, 12107. Prime factorization of 72642 in exponential form is:

72642 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72654

Prime factors of 72654 are 2, 3, 12109. Prime factorization of 72654 in exponential form is:

72654 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12109¹

Step-3: Factors of 72642

List of positive integer factors of 72642 that divides 72642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12107, 24214, 36321

Step-4: Factors of 72654

List of positive integer factors of 72654 that divides 72642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12109, 24218, 36327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72642 and 72654. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72642 and 72654 is 6.

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