What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72748 and 72757?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72748 and 72757 is 1.

GCF(72748,72757) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72748 and 72757, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72748 and 72757.

How to find the GCF of 72748 and 72757?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72748 and 72757. After we will calculate the factors of 72748 and 72757 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72748

Prime factors of 72748 are 2, 13, 1399. Prime factorization of 72748 in exponential form is:

72748 = 2² × 13¹ × 1399¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72757

Prime factors of 72757 are 31, 2347. Prime factorization of 72757 in exponential form is:

72757 = 31¹ × 2347¹

Step-3: Factors of 72748

List of positive integer factors of 72748 that divides 72748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1399, 2798, 5596, 18187, 36374

Step-4: Factors of 72757

List of positive integer factors of 72757 that divides 72748 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2347

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72748 and 72757. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72748 and 72757 is 1.

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