What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7472 and 7476?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7472 and 7476 is 4.

GCF(7472,7476) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7472 and 7476, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7472 and 7476.

How to find the GCF of 7472 and 7476?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7472 and 7476. After we will calculate the factors of 7472 and 7476 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7472

Prime factors of 7472 are 2, 467. Prime factorization of 7472 in exponential form is:

7472 = 2⁴ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7476

Prime factors of 7476 are 2, 3, 7, 89. Prime factorization of 7476 in exponential form is:

7476 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 7472

List of positive integer factors of 7472 that divides 7472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 467, 934, 1868, 3736

Step-4: Factors of 7476

List of positive integer factors of 7476 that divides 7472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 89, 178, 267, 356, 534, 623, 1068, 1246, 1869, 2492, 3738

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7472 and 7476. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7472 and 7476 is 4.

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