What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73929 and 73946?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73929 and 73946 is 1.

GCF(73929,73946) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73929 and 73946, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73929 and 73946.

How to find the GCF of 73929 and 73946?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73929 and 73946. After we will calculate the factors of 73929 and 73946 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73929

Prime factors of 73929 are 3, 19, 1297. Prime factorization of 73929 in exponential form is:

73929 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 1297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73946

Prime factors of 73946 are 2, 36973. Prime factorization of 73946 in exponential form is:

73946 = 2¹ × 36973¹

Step-3: Factors of 73929

List of positive integer factors of 73929 that divides 73929 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 1297, 3891, 24643

Step-4: Factors of 73946

List of positive integer factors of 73946 that divides 73929 without a remainder.

1, 2, 36973

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73929 and 73946. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73929 and 73946 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73929 and 73946