What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72844 and 72860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72844 and 72860 is 4.

GCF(72844,72860) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72844 and 72860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72844 and 72860.

How to find the GCF of 72844 and 72860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72844 and 72860. After we will calculate the factors of 72844 and 72860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72844

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

72844 = 2² × 18211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72860

Prime factors of 72860 are 2, 5, 3643. Prime factorization of 72860 in exponential form is:

72860 = 2² × 5¹ × 3643¹

Step-3: Factors of 72844

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

1, 2, 4, 18211, 36422

Step-4: Factors of 72860

List of positive integer factors of 72860 that divides 72844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3643, 7286, 14572, 18215, 36430

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72844 and 72860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72844 and 72860 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72844 and 72860