What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72652 and 72670?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72652 and 72670 is 2.

GCF(72652,72670) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72652 and 72670, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72652 and 72670.

How to find the GCF of 72652 and 72670?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72652 and 72670. After we will calculate the factors of 72652 and 72670 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72652

Prime factors of 72652 are 2, 41, 443. Prime factorization of 72652 in exponential form is:

72652 = 2² × 41¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72670

Prime factors of 72670 are 2, 5, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 72670 in exponential form is:

72670 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 13² × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 72652

List of positive integer factors of 72652 that divides 72652 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 41, 82, 164, 443, 886, 1772, 18163, 36326

Step-4: Factors of 72670

List of positive integer factors of 72670 that divides 72652 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 26, 43, 65, 86, 130, 169, 215, 338, 430, 559, 845, 1118, 1690, 2795, 5590, 7267, 14534, 36335

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72652 and 72670. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72652 and 72670 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72652 and 72670