What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7472 and 7482?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7472 and 7482 is 2.

GCF(7472,7482) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7472 and 7482, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7472 and 7482.

How to find the GCF of 7472 and 7482?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7472 and 7482. After we will calculate the factors of 7472 and 7482 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 7482

Prime factors of 7482 are 2, 3, 29, 43. Prime factorization of 7482 in exponential form is:

7482 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 43¹

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 7482

List of positive integer factors of 7482 that divides 7472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 43, 58, 86, 87, 129, 174, 258, 1247, 2494, 3741

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7472 and 7482. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7472 and 7482 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7472 and 7482