What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72927 and 72947?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72927 and 72947 is 1.

GCF(72927,72947) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72927 and 72947, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72927 and 72947.

How to find the GCF of 72927 and 72947?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72927 and 72947. After we will calculate the factors of 72927 and 72947 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 72947

Prime factors of 72947 are 7, 17, 613. Prime factorization of 72947 in exponential form is:

72947 = 7¹ × 17¹ × 613¹

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 72947

List of positive integer factors of 72947 that divides 72927 without a remainder.

1, 7, 17, 119, 613, 4291, 10421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72927 and 72947. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72927 and 72947 is 1.

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