What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72822 and 72829?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72822 and 72829 is 1.

GCF(72822,72829) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72822 and 72829, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72822 and 72829.

How to find the GCF of 72822 and 72829?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72822 and 72829. After we will calculate the factors of 72822 and 72829 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72829

Prime factors of 72829 are 67, 1087. Prime factorization of 72829 in exponential form is:

72829 = 67¹ × 1087¹

Step-3: Factors of 72822

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72829

List of positive integer factors of 72829 that divides 72822 without a remainder.

1, 67, 1087

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72822 and 72829. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72822 and 72829 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72822 and 72829