What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74440 and 74444?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74440 and 74444 is 4.

GCF(74440,74444) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74440 and 74444, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74440 and 74444.

How to find the GCF of 74440 and 74444?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74440 and 74444. After we will calculate the factors of 74440 and 74444 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74440

Prime factors of 74440 are 2, 5, 1861. Prime factorization of 74440 in exponential form is:

74440 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74444

Prime factors of 74444 are 2, 37, 503. Prime factorization of 74444 in exponential form is:

74444 = 2² × 37¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 74440

List of positive integer factors of 74440 that divides 74440 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1861, 3722, 7444, 9305, 14888, 18610, 37220

Step-4: Factors of 74444

List of positive integer factors of 74444 that divides 74440 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148, 503, 1006, 2012, 18611, 37222

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74440 and 74444. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74440 and 74444 is 4.

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