What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72812 and 72830?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72812 and 72830 is 2.

GCF(72812,72830) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72812 and 72830, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72812 and 72830.

How to find the GCF of 72812 and 72830?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72812 and 72830. After we will calculate the factors of 72812 and 72830 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72812

Prime factors of 72812 are 2, 109, 167. Prime factorization of 72812 in exponential form is:

72812 = 2² × 109¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72830

Prime factors of 72830 are 2, 5, 7283. Prime factorization of 72830 in exponential form is:

72830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7283¹

Step-3: Factors of 72812

List of positive integer factors of 72812 that divides 72812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 109, 167, 218, 334, 436, 668, 18203, 36406

Step-4: Factors of 72830

List of positive integer factors of 72830 that divides 72812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7283, 14566, 36415

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72812 and 72830. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72812 and 72830 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72812 and 72830