What is the Greatest Common Factor of 66474 and 66478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 66474 and 66478 is 2.

GCF(66474,66478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 66474 and 66478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 66474 and 66478.

How to find the GCF of 66474 and 66478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 66474 and 66478. After we will calculate the factors of 66474 and 66478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 66474

Prime factors of 66474 are 2, 3, 1231. Prime factorization of 66474 in exponential form is:

66474 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1231¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 66478

Prime factors of 66478 are 2, 43, 773. Prime factorization of 66478 in exponential form is:

66478 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 66474

List of positive integer factors of 66474 that divides 66474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1231, 2462, 3693, 7386, 11079, 22158, 33237

Step-4: Factors of 66478

List of positive integer factors of 66478 that divides 66474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 773, 1546, 33239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 66474 and 66478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 66474 and 66478 is 2.

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