What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72340 and 72344?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72340 and 72344 is 4.

GCF(72340,72344) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72340 and 72344, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72340 and 72344.

How to find the GCF of 72340 and 72344?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72340 and 72344. After we will calculate the factors of 72340 and 72344 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72340

Prime factors of 72340 are 2, 5, 3617. Prime factorization of 72340 in exponential form is:

72340 = 2² × 5¹ × 3617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72344

Prime factors of 72344 are 2, 9043. Prime factorization of 72344 in exponential form is:

72344 = 2³ × 9043¹

Step-3: Factors of 72340

List of positive integer factors of 72340 that divides 72340 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3617, 7234, 14468, 18085, 36170

Step-4: Factors of 72344

List of positive integer factors of 72344 that divides 72340 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9043, 18086, 36172

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72340 and 72344. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72340 and 72344 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 72340 and 72344