What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72826 and 72844?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72826 and 72844 is 2.

GCF(72826,72844) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72826 and 72844, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72826 and 72844.

How to find the GCF of 72826 and 72844?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72826 and 72844. After we will calculate the factors of 72826 and 72844 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72844

Prime factors of 72844 are 2, 18211. Prime factorization of 72844 in exponential form is:

72844 = 2² × 18211¹

Step-3: Factors of 72826

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72844

List of positive integer factors of 72844 that divides 72826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18211, 36422

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72826 and 72844. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72826 and 72844 is 2.

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