What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7368 and 7372?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7368 and 7372 is 4.

GCF(7368,7372) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7368 and 7372, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7368 and 7372.

How to find the GCF of 7368 and 7372?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7368 and 7372. After we will calculate the factors of 7368 and 7372 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7368

Prime factors of 7368 are 2, 3, 307. Prime factorization of 7368 in exponential form is:

7368 = 2³ × 3¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7372

Prime factors of 7372 are 2, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 7372 in exponential form is:

7372 = 2² × 19¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 7368

List of positive integer factors of 7368 that divides 7368 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 307, 614, 921, 1228, 1842, 2456, 3684

Step-4: Factors of 7372

List of positive integer factors of 7372 that divides 7368 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 97, 194, 388, 1843, 3686

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7368 and 7372. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7368 and 7372 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7368 and 7372