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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72852 and 72870?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72852 and 72870 is 6.

GCF(72852,72870) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72852 and 72870, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72852 and 72870.

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How to find the GCF of 72852 and 72870?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72852 and 72870. After we will calculate the factors of 72852 and 72870 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72852

Prime factors of 72852 are 2, 3, 13, 467. Prime factorization of 72852 in exponential form is:

72852 = 22 × 31 × 131 × 4671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72870

Prime factors of 72870 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 347. Prime factorization of 72870 in exponential form is:

72870 = 21 × 31 × 51 × 71 × 3471

Step-3: Factors of 72852

List of positive integer factors of 72852 that divides 72852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 467, 934, 1401, 1868, 2802, 5604, 6071, 12142, 18213, 24284, 36426

Step-4: Factors of 72870

List of positive integer factors of 72870 that divides 72852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 21, 30, 35, 42, 70, 105, 210, 347, 694, 1041, 1735, 2082, 2429, 3470, 4858, 5205, 7287, 10410, 12145, 14574, 24290, 36435

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72852 and 72870. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72852 and 72870 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72852 and 72870