What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72851 and 72864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72851 and 72864 is 1.

GCF(72851,72864) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72851 and 72864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72851 and 72864.

How to find the GCF of 72851 and 72864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72851 and 72864. After we will calculate the factors of 72851 and 72864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72851

Prime factors of 72851 are 263, 277. Prime factorization of 72851 in exponential form is:

72851 = 263¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72864

Prime factors of 72864 are 2, 3, 11, 23. Prime factorization of 72864 in exponential form is:

72864 = 2⁵ × 3² × 11¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 72851

List of positive integer factors of 72851 that divides 72851 without a remainder.

1, 263, 277

Step-4: Factors of 72864

List of positive integer factors of 72864 that divides 72851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 32, 33, 36, 44, 46, 48, 66, 69, 72, 88, 92, 96, 99, 132, 138, 144, 176, 184, 198, 207, 253, 264, 276, 288, 352, 368, 396, 414, 506, 528, 552, 736, 759, 792, 828, 1012, 1056, 1104, 1518, 1584, 1656, 2024, 2208, 2277, 3036, 3168, 3312, 4048, 4554, 6072, 6624, 8096, 9108, 12144, 18216, 24288, 36432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72851 and 72864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72851 and 72864 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72851 and 72864