What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72979 and 72986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72979 and 72986 is 1.

GCF(72979,72986) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72979 and 72986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72979 and 72986.

How to find the GCF of 72979 and 72986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72979 and 72986. After we will calculate the factors of 72979 and 72986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72979

Prime factors of 72979 are 19, 23, 167. Prime factorization of 72979 in exponential form is:

72979 = 19¹ × 23¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72986

Prime factors of 72986 are 2, 36493. Prime factorization of 72986 in exponential form is:

72986 = 2¹ × 36493¹

Step-3: Factors of 72979

List of positive integer factors of 72979 that divides 72979 without a remainder.

1, 19, 23, 167, 437, 3173, 3841

Step-4: Factors of 72986

List of positive integer factors of 72986 that divides 72979 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36493

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72979 and 72986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72979 and 72986 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72979 and 72986