What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74260 and 74264?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74260 and 74264 is 4.

GCF(74260,74264) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74260 and 74264, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74260 and 74264.

How to find the GCF of 74260 and 74264?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74260 and 74264. After we will calculate the factors of 74260 and 74264 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74260

Prime factors of 74260 are 2, 5, 47, 79. Prime factorization of 74260 in exponential form is:

74260 = 2² × 5¹ × 47¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74264

Prime factors of 74264 are 2, 9283. Prime factorization of 74264 in exponential form is:

74264 = 2³ × 9283¹

Step-3: Factors of 74260

List of positive integer factors of 74260 that divides 74260 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 47, 79, 94, 158, 188, 235, 316, 395, 470, 790, 940, 1580, 3713, 7426, 14852, 18565, 37130

Step-4: Factors of 74264

List of positive integer factors of 74264 that divides 74260 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9283, 18566, 37132

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74260 and 74264. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74260 and 74264 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74260 and 74264