What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72927 and 72931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72927 and 72931 is 1.

GCF(72927,72931) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72927 and 72931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72927 and 72931.

How to find the GCF of 72927 and 72931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72927 and 72931. After we will calculate the factors of 72927 and 72931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72927

Prime factors of 72927 are 3, 37, 73. Prime factorization of 72927 in exponential form is:

72927 = 3³ × 37¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72931

Prime factors of 72931 are 72931. Prime factorization of 72931 in exponential form is:

72931 = 72931¹

Step-3: Factors of 72927

List of positive integer factors of 72927 that divides 72927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 37, 73, 111, 219, 333, 657, 999, 1971, 2701, 8103, 24309

Step-4: Factors of 72931

List of positive integer factors of 72931 that divides 72927 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72927 and 72931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72927 and 72931 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72927 and 72931