What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74282 and 74300?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74282 and 74300 is 2.

GCF(74282,74300) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74282 and 74300, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74282 and 74300.

How to find the GCF of 74282 and 74300?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74282 and 74300. After we will calculate the factors of 74282 and 74300 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74282

Prime factors of 74282 are 2, 13, 2857. Prime factorization of 74282 in exponential form is:

74282 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 2857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74300

Prime factors of 74300 are 2, 5, 743. Prime factorization of 74300 in exponential form is:

74300 = 2² × 5² × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 74282

List of positive integer factors of 74282 that divides 74282 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 2857, 5714, 37141

Step-4: Factors of 74300

List of positive integer factors of 74300 that divides 74282 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 743, 1486, 2972, 3715, 7430, 14860, 18575, 37150

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74282 and 74300. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74282 and 74300 is 2.

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