What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72809 and 72826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72809 and 72826 is 1.

GCF(72809,72826) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72809 and 72826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72809 and 72826.

How to find the GCF of 72809 and 72826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72809 and 72826. After we will calculate the factors of 72809 and 72826 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 72826

Prime factors of 72826 are 2, 13, 2801. Prime factorization of 72826 in exponential form is:

72826 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2801¹

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 72826

List of positive integer factors of 72826 that divides 72809 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2801, 5602, 36413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72809 and 72826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72809 and 72826 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72809 and 72826