What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72805 and 72815?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72805 and 72815 is 5.

GCF(72805,72815) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72805 and 72815, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72805 and 72815.

How to find the GCF of 72805 and 72815?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72805 and 72815. After we will calculate the factors of 72805 and 72815 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72805

Prime factors of 72805 are 5, 14561. Prime factorization of 72805 in exponential form is:

72805 = 5¹ × 14561¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72815

Prime factors of 72815 are 5, 14563. Prime factorization of 72815 in exponential form is:

72815 = 5¹ × 14563¹

Step-3: Factors of 72805

List of positive integer factors of 72805 that divides 72805 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14561

Step-4: Factors of 72815

List of positive integer factors of 72815 that divides 72805 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14563

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72805 and 72815. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72805 and 72815 is 5.

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