What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72748 and 72764?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72748 and 72764 is 4.

GCF(72748,72764) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72748 and 72764, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72748 and 72764.

How to find the GCF of 72748 and 72764?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72748 and 72764. After we will calculate the factors of 72748 and 72764 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72748

Prime factors of 72748 are 2, 13, 1399. Prime factorization of 72748 in exponential form is:

72748 = 2² × 13¹ × 1399¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72764

Prime factors of 72764 are 2, 18191. Prime factorization of 72764 in exponential form is:

72764 = 2² × 18191¹

Step-3: Factors of 72748

List of positive integer factors of 72748 that divides 72748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1399, 2798, 5596, 18187, 36374

Step-4: Factors of 72764

List of positive integer factors of 72764 that divides 72748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18191, 36382

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72748 and 72764. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72748 and 72764 is 4.

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