What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72853 and 72860?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72853 and 72860 is 1.

GCF(72853,72860) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72853 and 72860, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72853 and 72860.

How to find the GCF of 72853 and 72860?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72853 and 72860. After we will calculate the factors of 72853 and 72860 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72853

Prime factors of 72853 are 11, 37, 179. Prime factorization of 72853 in exponential form is:

72853 = 11¹ × 37¹ × 179¹

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 72853

List of positive integer factors of 72853 that divides 72853 without a remainder.

1, 11, 37, 179, 407, 1969, 6623

Step-4: Factors of 72860

List of positive integer factors of 72860 that divides 72853 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 72853 and 72860. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72853 and 72860 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72853 and 72860