What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2074 and 2086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2074 and 2086 is 2.

GCF(2074,2086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2074 and 2086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2074 and 2086.

How to find the GCF of 2074 and 2086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2074 and 2086. After we will calculate the factors of 2074 and 2086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2074

Prime factors of 2074 are 2, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 2074 in exponential form is:

2074 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2086

Prime factors of 2086 are 2, 7, 149. Prime factorization of 2086 in exponential form is:

2086 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 2074

List of positive integer factors of 2074 that divides 2074 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 61, 122, 1037

Step-4: Factors of 2086

List of positive integer factors of 2086 that divides 2074 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 149, 298, 1043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2074 and 2086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2074 and 2086 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 2074 and 2086