What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72658 and 72671?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72658 and 72671 is 1.

GCF(72658,72671) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72658 and 72671, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72658 and 72671.

How to find the GCF of 72658 and 72671?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72658 and 72671. After we will calculate the factors of 72658 and 72671 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72658

Prime factors of 72658 are 2, 17, 2137. Prime factorization of 72658 in exponential form is:

72658 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72671

Prime factors of 72671 are 72671. Prime factorization of 72671 in exponential form is:

72671 = 72671¹

Step-3: Factors of 72658

List of positive integer factors of 72658 that divides 72658 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2137, 4274, 36329

Step-4: Factors of 72671

List of positive integer factors of 72671 that divides 72658 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72658 and 72671. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72658 and 72671 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72658 and 72671