What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72655 and 72664?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72655 and 72664 is 1.

GCF(72655,72664) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72655 and 72664, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72655 and 72664.

How to find the GCF of 72655 and 72664?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72655 and 72664. After we will calculate the factors of 72655 and 72664 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72655

Prime factors of 72655 are 5, 11, 1321. Prime factorization of 72655 in exponential form is:

72655 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 1321¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72664

Prime factors of 72664 are 2, 31, 293. Prime factorization of 72664 in exponential form is:

72664 = 2³ × 31¹ × 293¹

Step-3: Factors of 72655

List of positive integer factors of 72655 that divides 72655 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 1321, 6605, 14531

Step-4: Factors of 72664

List of positive integer factors of 72664 that divides 72655 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 31, 62, 124, 248, 293, 586, 1172, 2344, 9083, 18166, 36332

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72655 and 72664. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72655 and 72664 is 1.

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