What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74548 and 74562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74548 and 74562 is 2.

GCF(74548,74562) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74548 and 74562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74548 and 74562.

How to find the GCF of 74548 and 74562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74548 and 74562. After we will calculate the factors of 74548 and 74562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74548

Prime factors of 74548 are 2, 18637. Prime factorization of 74548 in exponential form is:

74548 = 2² × 18637¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74562

Prime factors of 74562 are 2, 3, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 74562 in exponential form is:

74562 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17² × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 74548

List of positive integer factors of 74548 that divides 74548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18637, 37274

Step-4: Factors of 74562

List of positive integer factors of 74562 that divides 74548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 43, 51, 86, 102, 129, 258, 289, 578, 731, 867, 1462, 1734, 2193, 4386, 12427, 24854, 37281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74548 and 74562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74548 and 74562 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74548 and 74562