What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72859 and 72867?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72859 and 72867 is 1.

GCF(72859,72867) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72859 and 72867, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72859 and 72867.

How to find the GCF of 72859 and 72867?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72859 and 72867. After we will calculate the factors of 72859 and 72867 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72859

Prime factors of 72859 are 72859. Prime factorization of 72859 in exponential form is:

72859 = 72859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72867

Prime factors of 72867 are 3, 107, 227. Prime factorization of 72867 in exponential form is:

72867 = 3¹ × 107¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 72859

List of positive integer factors of 72859 that divides 72859 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 72867

List of positive integer factors of 72867 that divides 72859 without a remainder.

1, 3, 107, 227, 321, 681, 24289

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72859 and 72867. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72859 and 72867 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72859 and 72867