What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73352 and 73358?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73352 and 73358 is 2.

GCF(73352,73358) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73352 and 73358, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73352 and 73358.

How to find the GCF of 73352 and 73358?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73352 and 73358. After we will calculate the factors of 73352 and 73358 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73352

Prime factors of 73352 are 2, 53, 173. Prime factorization of 73352 in exponential form is:

73352 = 2³ × 53¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73358

Prime factors of 73358 are 2, 43, 853. Prime factorization of 73358 in exponential form is:

73358 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 853¹

Step-3: Factors of 73352

List of positive integer factors of 73352 that divides 73352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 53, 106, 173, 212, 346, 424, 692, 1384, 9169, 18338, 36676

Step-4: Factors of 73358

List of positive integer factors of 73358 that divides 73352 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 853, 1706, 36679

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73352 and 73358. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73352 and 73358 is 2.

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