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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73962 and 73980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73962 and 73980 is 18.

GCF(73962,73980) = 18

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73962 and 73980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73962 and 73980.

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How to find the GCF of 73962 and 73980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73962 and 73980. After we will calculate the factors of 73962 and 73980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73962

Prime factors of 73962 are 2, 3, 7, 587. Prime factorization of 73962 in exponential form is:

73962 = 21 × 32 × 71 × 5871

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73980

Prime factors of 73980 are 2, 3, 5, 137. Prime factorization of 73980 in exponential form is:

73980 = 22 × 33 × 51 × 1371

Step-3: Factors of 73962

List of positive integer factors of 73962 that divides 73962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 42, 63, 126, 587, 1174, 1761, 3522, 4109, 5283, 8218, 10566, 12327, 24654, 36981

Step-4: Factors of 73980

List of positive integer factors of 73980 that divides 73962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 27, 30, 36, 45, 54, 60, 90, 108, 135, 137, 180, 270, 274, 411, 540, 548, 685, 822, 1233, 1370, 1644, 2055, 2466, 2740, 3699, 4110, 4932, 6165, 7398, 8220, 12330, 14796, 18495, 24660, 36990

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73962 and 73980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73962 and 73980 is 18.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 73962 and 73980