What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73492 and 73496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73492 and 73496 is 4.

GCF(73492,73496) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73492 and 73496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73492 and 73496.

How to find the GCF of 73492 and 73496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73492 and 73496. After we will calculate the factors of 73492 and 73496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73492

Prime factors of 73492 are 2, 19, 967. Prime factorization of 73492 in exponential form is:

73492 = 2² × 19¹ × 967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73496

Prime factors of 73496 are 2, 9187. Prime factorization of 73496 in exponential form is:

73496 = 2³ × 9187¹

Step-3: Factors of 73492

List of positive integer factors of 73492 that divides 73492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 967, 1934, 3868, 18373, 36746

Step-4: Factors of 73496

List of positive integer factors of 73496 that divides 73492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9187, 18374, 36748

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73492 and 73496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73492 and 73496 is 4.

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