What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72664 and 72681?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72664 and 72681 is 1.

GCF(72664,72681) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72664 and 72681, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72664 and 72681.

How to find the GCF of 72664 and 72681?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72664 and 72681. After we will calculate the factors of 72664 and 72681 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72681

Prime factors of 72681 are 3, 7, 3461. Prime factorization of 72681 in exponential form is:

72681 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3461¹

Step-3: Factors of 72664

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72681

List of positive integer factors of 72681 that divides 72664 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3461, 10383, 24227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72664 and 72681. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72664 and 72681 is 1.

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