What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74576 and 74586?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74576 and 74586 is 2.

GCF(74576,74586) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74576 and 74586, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74576 and 74586.

How to find the GCF of 74576 and 74586?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74576 and 74586. After we will calculate the factors of 74576 and 74586 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74576

Prime factors of 74576 are 2, 59, 79. Prime factorization of 74576 in exponential form is:

74576 = 2⁴ × 59¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74586

Prime factors of 74586 are 2, 3, 31, 401. Prime factorization of 74586 in exponential form is:

74586 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 74576

List of positive integer factors of 74576 that divides 74576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 59, 79, 118, 158, 236, 316, 472, 632, 944, 1264, 4661, 9322, 18644, 37288

Step-4: Factors of 74586

List of positive integer factors of 74586 that divides 74576 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 401, 802, 1203, 2406, 12431, 24862, 37293

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74576 and 74586. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74576 and 74586 is 2.

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