What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73900 and 73915?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73900 and 73915 is 5.

GCF(73900,73915) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73900 and 73915, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73900 and 73915.

How to find the GCF of 73900 and 73915?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73900 and 73915. After we will calculate the factors of 73900 and 73915 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73900

Prime factors of 73900 are 2, 5, 739. Prime factorization of 73900 in exponential form is:

73900 = 2² × 5² × 739¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73915

Prime factors of 73915 are 5, 14783. Prime factorization of 73915 in exponential form is:

73915 = 5¹ × 14783¹

Step-3: Factors of 73900

List of positive integer factors of 73900 that divides 73900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 739, 1478, 2956, 3695, 7390, 14780, 18475, 36950

Step-4: Factors of 73915

List of positive integer factors of 73915 that divides 73900 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14783

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73900 and 73915. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73900 and 73915 is 5.

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