What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72661 and 72667?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72661 and 72667 is 1.

GCF(72661,72667) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72661 and 72667, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72661 and 72667.

How to find the GCF of 72661 and 72667?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72661 and 72667. After we will calculate the factors of 72661 and 72667 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72661

Prime factors of 72661 are 72661. Prime factorization of 72661 in exponential form is:

72661 = 72661¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72667

Prime factors of 72667 are 7, 1483. Prime factorization of 72667 in exponential form is:

72667 = 7² × 1483¹

Step-3: Factors of 72661

List of positive integer factors of 72661 that divides 72661 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72667

List of positive integer factors of 72667 that divides 72661 without a remainder.

1, 7, 49, 1483, 10381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72661 and 72667. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72661 and 72667 is 1.

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