What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73842 and 73852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73842 and 73852 is 2.

GCF(73842,73852) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73842 and 73852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73842 and 73852.

How to find the GCF of 73842 and 73852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73842 and 73852. After we will calculate the factors of 73842 and 73852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73842

Prime factors of 73842 are 2, 3, 31, 397. Prime factorization of 73842 in exponential form is:

73842 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73852

Prime factors of 73852 are 2, 37, 499. Prime factorization of 73852 in exponential form is:

73852 = 2² × 37¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 73842

List of positive integer factors of 73842 that divides 73842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 397, 794, 1191, 2382, 12307, 24614, 36921

Step-4: Factors of 73852

List of positive integer factors of 73852 that divides 73842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148, 499, 998, 1996, 18463, 36926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73842 and 73852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73842 and 73852 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73842 and 73852