What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72915 and 72935?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72915 and 72935 is 5.

GCF(72915,72935) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72915 and 72935, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72915 and 72935.

How to find the GCF of 72915 and 72935?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72915 and 72935. After we will calculate the factors of 72915 and 72935 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72915

Prime factors of 72915 are 3, 5, 4861. Prime factorization of 72915 in exponential form is:

72915 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72935

Prime factors of 72935 are 5, 29, 503. Prime factorization of 72935 in exponential form is:

72935 = 5¹ × 29¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 72915

List of positive integer factors of 72915 that divides 72915 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4861, 14583, 24305

Step-4: Factors of 72935

List of positive integer factors of 72935 that divides 72915 without a remainder.

1, 5, 29, 145, 503, 2515, 14587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72915 and 72935. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72915 and 72935 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72915 and 72935