What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74520 and 74526?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74520 and 74526 is 6.

GCF(74520,74526) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74520 and 74526, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74520 and 74526.

How to find the GCF of 74520 and 74526?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74520 and 74526. After we will calculate the factors of 74520 and 74526 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74520

Prime factors of 74520 are 2, 3, 5, 23. Prime factorization of 74520 in exponential form is:

74520 = 2³ × 3⁴ × 5¹ × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74526

Prime factors of 74526 are 2, 3, 12421. Prime factorization of 74526 in exponential form is:

74526 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12421¹

Step-3: Factors of 74520

List of positive integer factors of 74520 that divides 74520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 24, 27, 30, 36, 40, 45, 46, 54, 60, 69, 72, 81, 90, 92, 108, 115, 120, 135, 138, 162, 180, 184, 207, 216, 230, 270, 276, 324, 345, 360, 405, 414, 460, 540, 552, 621, 648, 690, 810, 828, 920, 1035, 1080, 1242, 1380, 1620, 1656, 1863, 2070, 2484, 2760, 3105, 3240, 3726, 4140, 4968, 6210, 7452, 8280, 9315, 12420, 14904, 18630, 24840, 37260

Step-4: Factors of 74526

List of positive integer factors of 74526 that divides 74520 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12421, 24842, 37263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74520 and 74526. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74520 and 74526 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74520 and 74526