What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74450 and 74468?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74450 and 74468 is 2.

GCF(74450,74468) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74450 and 74468, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74450 and 74468.

How to find the GCF of 74450 and 74468?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74450 and 74468. After we will calculate the factors of 74450 and 74468 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74450

Prime factors of 74450 are 2, 5, 1489. Prime factorization of 74450 in exponential form is:

74450 = 2¹ × 5² × 1489¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74468

Prime factors of 74468 are 2, 18617. Prime factorization of 74468 in exponential form is:

74468 = 2² × 18617¹

Step-3: Factors of 74450

List of positive integer factors of 74450 that divides 74450 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1489, 2978, 7445, 14890, 37225

Step-4: Factors of 74468

List of positive integer factors of 74468 that divides 74450 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18617, 37234

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74450 and 74468. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74450 and 74468 is 2.

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