What is the Greatest Common Factor of 73990 and 73995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 73990 and 73995 is 5.

GCF(73990,73995) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 73990 and 73995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 73990 and 73995.

How to find the GCF of 73990 and 73995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 73990 and 73995. After we will calculate the factors of 73990 and 73995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 73990

Prime factors of 73990 are 2, 5, 7, 151. Prime factorization of 73990 in exponential form is:

73990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7² × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 73995

Prime factors of 73995 are 3, 5, 4933. Prime factorization of 73995 in exponential form is:

73995 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4933¹

Step-3: Factors of 73990

List of positive integer factors of 73990 that divides 73990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 49, 70, 98, 151, 245, 302, 490, 755, 1057, 1510, 2114, 5285, 7399, 10570, 14798, 36995

Step-4: Factors of 73995

List of positive integer factors of 73995 that divides 73990 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4933, 14799, 24665

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 73990 and 73995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 73990 and 73995 is 5.

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