What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72866 and 72875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72866 and 72875 is 1.

GCF(72866,72875) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72866 and 72875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72866 and 72875.

How to find the GCF of 72866 and 72875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72866 and 72875. After we will calculate the factors of 72866 and 72875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72866

Prime factors of 72866 are 2, 36433. Prime factorization of 72866 in exponential form is:

72866 = 2¹ × 36433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72875

Prime factors of 72875 are 5, 11, 53. Prime factorization of 72875 in exponential form is:

72875 = 5³ × 11¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 72866

List of positive integer factors of 72866 that divides 72866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36433

Step-4: Factors of 72875

List of positive integer factors of 72875 that divides 72866 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 25, 53, 55, 125, 265, 275, 583, 1325, 1375, 2915, 6625, 14575

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72866 and 72875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72866 and 72875 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72866 and 72875