What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72836 and 72854?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72836 and 72854 is 2.

GCF(72836,72854) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72836 and 72854, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72836 and 72854.

How to find the GCF of 72836 and 72854?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72836 and 72854. After we will calculate the factors of 72836 and 72854 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72836

Prime factors of 72836 are 2, 131, 139. Prime factorization of 72836 in exponential form is:

72836 = 2² × 131¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72854

Prime factors of 72854 are 2, 73, 499. Prime factorization of 72854 in exponential form is:

72854 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 72836

List of positive integer factors of 72836 that divides 72836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 131, 139, 262, 278, 524, 556, 18209, 36418

Step-4: Factors of 72854

List of positive integer factors of 72854 that divides 72836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 499, 998, 36427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72836 and 72854. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72836 and 72854 is 2.

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