What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72815 and 72822?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72815 and 72822 is 1.

GCF(72815,72822) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72815 and 72822, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72815 and 72822.

How to find the GCF of 72815 and 72822?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72815 and 72822. After we will calculate the factors of 72815 and 72822 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72815

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

72815 = 5¹ × 14563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72822

Prime factors of 72822 are 2, 3, 53, 229. Prime factorization of 72822 in exponential form is:

72822 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 53¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 72815

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

1, 5, 14563

Step-4: Factors of 72822

List of positive integer factors of 72822 that divides 72815 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 53, 106, 159, 229, 318, 458, 687, 1374, 12137, 24274, 36411

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72815 and 72822. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72815 and 72822 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72815 and 72822