What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72831 and 72837?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72831 and 72837 is 3.

GCF(72831,72837) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72831 and 72837, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72831 and 72837.

How to find the GCF of 72831 and 72837?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72831 and 72837. After we will calculate the factors of 72831 and 72837 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72831

Prime factors of 72831 are 3, 11, 2207. Prime factorization of 72831 in exponential form is:

72831 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2207¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72837

Prime factors of 72837 are 3, 8093. Prime factorization of 72837 in exponential form is:

72837 = 3² × 8093¹

Step-3: Factors of 72831

List of positive integer factors of 72831 that divides 72831 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2207, 6621, 24277

Step-4: Factors of 72837

List of positive integer factors of 72837 that divides 72831 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 8093, 24279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72831 and 72837. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72831 and 72837 is 3.

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