What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73834 and 73838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73834 and 73838 is 2.

GCF(73834,73838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73834 and 73838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73834 and 73838.

How to find the GCF of 73834 and 73838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73834 and 73838. After we will calculate the factors of 73834 and 73838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73834

Prime factors of 73834 are 2, 19, 29, 67. Prime factorization of 73834 in exponential form is:

73834 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 29¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73838

Prime factors of 73838 are 2, 36919. Prime factorization of 73838 in exponential form is:

73838 = 2¹ × 36919¹

Step-3: Factors of 73834

List of positive integer factors of 73834 that divides 73834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 29, 38, 58, 67, 134, 551, 1102, 1273, 1943, 2546, 3886, 36917

Step-4: Factors of 73838

List of positive integer factors of 73838 that divides 73834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36919

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73834 and 73838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73834 and 73838 is 2.

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