What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74516 and 74522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74516 and 74522 is 2.

GCF(74516,74522) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74516 and 74522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74516 and 74522.

How to find the GCF of 74516 and 74522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74516 and 74522. After we will calculate the factors of 74516 and 74522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74516

Prime factors of 74516 are 2, 13, 1433. Prime factorization of 74516 in exponential form is:

74516 = 2² × 13¹ × 1433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74522

Prime factors of 74522 are 2, 7, 5323. Prime factorization of 74522 in exponential form is:

74522 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5323¹

Step-3: Factors of 74516

List of positive integer factors of 74516 that divides 74516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1433, 2866, 5732, 18629, 37258

Step-4: Factors of 74522

List of positive integer factors of 74522 that divides 74516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5323, 10646, 37261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74516 and 74522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74516 and 74522 is 2.

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