What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72955 and 72970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72955 and 72970 is 5.

GCF(72955,72970) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72955 and 72970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72955 and 72970.

How to find the GCF of 72955 and 72970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72955 and 72970. After we will calculate the factors of 72955 and 72970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72955

Prime factors of 72955 are 5, 14591. Prime factorization of 72955 in exponential form is:

72955 = 5¹ × 14591¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72970

Prime factors of 72970 are 2, 5, 7297. Prime factorization of 72970 in exponential form is:

72970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7297¹

Step-3: Factors of 72955

List of positive integer factors of 72955 that divides 72955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14591

Step-4: Factors of 72970

List of positive integer factors of 72970 that divides 72955 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 7297, 14594, 36485

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72955 and 72970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72955 and 72970 is 5.

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