What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72196 and 72204?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72196 and 72204 is 4.

GCF(72196,72204) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72196 and 72204, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72196 and 72204.

How to find the GCF of 72196 and 72204?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72196 and 72204. After we will calculate the factors of 72196 and 72204 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72196

Prime factors of 72196 are 2, 18049. Prime factorization of 72196 in exponential form is:

72196 = 2² × 18049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72204

Prime factors of 72204 are 2, 3, 11, 547. Prime factorization of 72204 in exponential form is:

72204 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 547¹

Step-3: Factors of 72196

List of positive integer factors of 72196 that divides 72196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18049, 36098

Step-4: Factors of 72204

List of positive integer factors of 72204 that divides 72196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 547, 1094, 1641, 2188, 3282, 6017, 6564, 12034, 18051, 24068, 36102

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72196 and 72204. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72196 and 72204 is 4.

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