What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73231 and 73240?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73231 and 73240 is 1.

GCF(73231,73240) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73231 and 73240, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73231 and 73240.

How to find the GCF of 73231 and 73240?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73231 and 73240. After we will calculate the factors of 73231 and 73240 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73231

Prime factors of 73231 are 67, 1093. Prime factorization of 73231 in exponential form is:

73231 = 67¹ × 1093¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73240

Prime factors of 73240 are 2, 5, 1831. Prime factorization of 73240 in exponential form is:

73240 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1831¹

Step-3: Factors of 73231

List of positive integer factors of 73231 that divides 73231 without a remainder.

1, 67, 1093

Step-4: Factors of 73240

List of positive integer factors of 73240 that divides 73231 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1831, 3662, 7324, 9155, 14648, 18310, 36620

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73231 and 73240. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73231 and 73240 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73231 and 73240