What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74572 and 74582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74572 and 74582 is 2.

GCF(74572,74582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74572 and 74582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74572 and 74582.

How to find the GCF of 74572 and 74582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74572 and 74582. After we will calculate the factors of 74572 and 74582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74572

Prime factors of 74572 are 2, 103, 181. Prime factorization of 74572 in exponential form is:

74572 = 2² × 103¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74582

Prime factors of 74582 are 2, 89, 419. Prime factorization of 74582 in exponential form is:

74582 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 74572

List of positive integer factors of 74572 that divides 74572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 103, 181, 206, 362, 412, 724, 18643, 37286

Step-4: Factors of 74582

List of positive integer factors of 74582 that divides 74572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 419, 838, 37291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74572 and 74582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74572 and 74582 is 2.

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