What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73822 and 73826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73822 and 73826 is 2.

GCF(73822,73826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73822 and 73826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73822 and 73826.

How to find the GCF of 73822 and 73826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73822 and 73826. After we will calculate the factors of 73822 and 73826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73822

Prime factors of 73822 are 2, 7, 5273. Prime factorization of 73822 in exponential form is:

73822 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73826

Prime factors of 73826 are 2, 36913. Prime factorization of 73826 in exponential form is:

73826 = 2¹ × 36913¹

Step-3: Factors of 73822

List of positive integer factors of 73822 that divides 73822 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5273, 10546, 36911

Step-4: Factors of 73826

List of positive integer factors of 73826 that divides 73822 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36913

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73822 and 73826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73822 and 73826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73822 and 73826