What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73924 and 73928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73924 and 73928 is 4.

GCF(73924,73928) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73924 and 73928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73924 and 73928.

How to find the GCF of 73924 and 73928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73924 and 73928. After we will calculate the factors of 73924 and 73928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73924

Prime factors of 73924 are 2, 18481. Prime factorization of 73924 in exponential form is:

73924 = 2² × 18481¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73928

Prime factors of 73928 are 2, 9241. Prime factorization of 73928 in exponential form is:

73928 = 2³ × 9241¹

Step-3: Factors of 73924

List of positive integer factors of 73924 that divides 73924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18481, 36962

Step-4: Factors of 73928

List of positive integer factors of 73928 that divides 73924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9241, 18482, 36964

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73924 and 73928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73924 and 73928 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73924 and 73928