What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73460 and 73466?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73460 and 73466 is 2.

GCF(73460,73466) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73460 and 73466, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73460 and 73466.

How to find the GCF of 73460 and 73466?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73460 and 73466. After we will calculate the factors of 73460 and 73466 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73460

Prime factors of 73460 are 2, 5, 3673. Prime factorization of 73460 in exponential form is:

73460 = 2² × 5¹ × 3673¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73466

Prime factors of 73466 are 2, 109, 337. Prime factorization of 73466 in exponential form is:

73466 = 2¹ × 109¹ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 73460

List of positive integer factors of 73460 that divides 73460 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 3673, 7346, 14692, 18365, 36730

Step-4: Factors of 73466

List of positive integer factors of 73466 that divides 73460 without a remainder.

1, 2, 109, 218, 337, 674, 36733

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73460 and 73466. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73460 and 73466 is 2.

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