What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74474 and 74478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74474 and 74478 is 2.

GCF(74474,74478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74474 and 74478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74474 and 74478.

How to find the GCF of 74474 and 74478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74474 and 74478. After we will calculate the factors of 74474 and 74478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74474

Prime factors of 74474 are 2, 23, 1619. Prime factorization of 74474 in exponential form is:

74474 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74478

Prime factors of 74478 are 2, 3, 12413. Prime factorization of 74478 in exponential form is:

74478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12413¹

Step-3: Factors of 74474

List of positive integer factors of 74474 that divides 74474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1619, 3238, 37237

Step-4: Factors of 74478

List of positive integer factors of 74478 that divides 74474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12413, 24826, 37239

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74474 and 74478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74474 and 74478 is 2.

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