What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74472 and 74492?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74472 and 74492 is 4.

GCF(74472,74492) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74472 and 74492, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74472 and 74492.

How to find the GCF of 74472 and 74492?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74472 and 74492. After we will calculate the factors of 74472 and 74492 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74472

Prime factors of 74472 are 2, 3, 29, 107. Prime factorization of 74472 in exponential form is:

74472 = 2³ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74492

Prime factors of 74492 are 2, 11, 1693. Prime factorization of 74492 in exponential form is:

74492 = 2² × 11¹ × 1693¹

Step-3: Factors of 74472

List of positive integer factors of 74472 that divides 74472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 29, 58, 87, 107, 116, 174, 214, 232, 321, 348, 428, 642, 696, 856, 1284, 2568, 3103, 6206, 9309, 12412, 18618, 24824, 37236

Step-4: Factors of 74492

List of positive integer factors of 74492 that divides 74472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1693, 3386, 6772, 18623, 37246

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74472 and 74492. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74472 and 74492 is 4.

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