What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72860 and 72872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72860 and 72872 is 4.

GCF(72860,72872) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72860 and 72872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72860 and 72872.

How to find the GCF of 72860 and 72872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72860 and 72872. After we will calculate the factors of 72860 and 72872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 72872

Prime factors of 72872 are 2, 9109. Prime factorization of 72872 in exponential form is:

72872 = 2³ × 9109¹

Step-3: Factors of 72860

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 72872

List of positive integer factors of 72872 that divides 72860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9109, 18218, 36436

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72860 and 72872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72860 and 72872 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72860 and 72872