What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74040 and 74056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74040 and 74056 is 8.

GCF(74040,74056) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74040 and 74056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74040 and 74056.

How to find the GCF of 74040 and 74056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74040 and 74056. After we will calculate the factors of 74040 and 74056 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74040

Prime factors of 74040 are 2, 3, 5, 617. Prime factorization of 74040 in exponential form is:

74040 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74056

Prime factors of 74056 are 2, 9257. Prime factorization of 74056 in exponential form is:

74056 = 2³ × 9257¹

Step-3: Factors of 74040

List of positive integer factors of 74040 that divides 74040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 617, 1234, 1851, 2468, 3085, 3702, 4936, 6170, 7404, 9255, 12340, 14808, 18510, 24680, 37020

Step-4: Factors of 74056

List of positive integer factors of 74056 that divides 74040 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9257, 18514, 37028

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74040 and 74056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74040 and 74056 is 8.

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