What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72836 and 72856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72836 and 72856 is 4.

GCF(72836,72856) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72836 and 72856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72836 and 72856.

How to find the GCF of 72836 and 72856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72836 and 72856. After we will calculate the factors of 72836 and 72856 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 72856

Prime factors of 72856 are 2, 7, 1301. Prime factorization of 72856 in exponential form is:

72856 = 2³ × 7¹ × 1301¹

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 72856

List of positive integer factors of 72856 that divides 72836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 1301, 2602, 5204, 9107, 10408, 18214, 36428

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72836 and 72856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72836 and 72856 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72836 and 72856