What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73932 and 73948?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73932 and 73948 is 4.

GCF(73932,73948) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73932 and 73948, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73932 and 73948.

How to find the GCF of 73932 and 73948?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73932 and 73948. After we will calculate the factors of 73932 and 73948 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73932

Prime factors of 73932 are 2, 3, 61, 101. Prime factorization of 73932 in exponential form is:

73932 = 2² × 3¹ × 61¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73948

Prime factors of 73948 are 2, 7, 19, 139. Prime factorization of 73948 in exponential form is:

73948 = 2² × 7¹ × 19¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 73932

List of positive integer factors of 73932 that divides 73932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 61, 101, 122, 183, 202, 244, 303, 366, 404, 606, 732, 1212, 6161, 12322, 18483, 24644, 36966

Step-4: Factors of 73948

List of positive integer factors of 73948 that divides 73932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 19, 28, 38, 76, 133, 139, 266, 278, 532, 556, 973, 1946, 2641, 3892, 5282, 10564, 18487, 36974

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73932 and 73948. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73932 and 73948 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73932 and 73948