What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74198 and 74206?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74198 and 74206 is 2.

GCF(74198,74206) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74198 and 74206, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74198 and 74206.

How to find the GCF of 74198 and 74206?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74198 and 74206. After we will calculate the factors of 74198 and 74206 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74198

Prime factors of 74198 are 2, 23, 1613. Prime factorization of 74198 in exponential form is:

74198 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74206

Prime factors of 74206 are 2, 11, 3373. Prime factorization of 74206 in exponential form is:

74206 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3373¹

Step-3: Factors of 74198

List of positive integer factors of 74198 that divides 74198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1613, 3226, 37099

Step-4: Factors of 74206

List of positive integer factors of 74206 that divides 74198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3373, 6746, 37103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74198 and 74206. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74198 and 74206 is 2.

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