What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72809 and 72818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72809 and 72818 is 1.

GCF(72809,72818) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72809 and 72818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72809 and 72818.

How to find the GCF of 72809 and 72818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72809 and 72818. After we will calculate the factors of 72809 and 72818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72809

Prime factors of 72809 are 11, 6619. Prime factorization of 72809 in exponential form is:

72809 = 11¹ × 6619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72818

Prime factors of 72818 are 2, 23, 1583. Prime factorization of 72818 in exponential form is:

72818 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1583¹

Step-3: Factors of 72809

List of positive integer factors of 72809 that divides 72809 without a remainder.

1, 11, 6619

Step-4: Factors of 72818

List of positive integer factors of 72818 that divides 72809 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1583, 3166, 36409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72809 and 72818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72809 and 72818 is 1.

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