What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74212 and 74218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74212 and 74218 is 2.

GCF(74212,74218) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74212 and 74218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74212 and 74218.

How to find the GCF of 74212 and 74218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74212 and 74218. After we will calculate the factors of 74212 and 74218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74212

Prime factors of 74212 are 2, 18553. Prime factorization of 74212 in exponential form is:

74212 = 2² × 18553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74218

Prime factors of 74218 are 2, 43, 863. Prime factorization of 74218 in exponential form is:

74218 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 863¹

Step-3: Factors of 74212

List of positive integer factors of 74212 that divides 74212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18553, 37106

Step-4: Factors of 74218

List of positive integer factors of 74218 that divides 74212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 863, 1726, 37109

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74212 and 74218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74212 and 74218 is 2.

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