What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74744 and 74748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74744 and 74748 is 4.

GCF(74744,74748) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74744 and 74748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74744 and 74748.

How to find the GCF of 74744 and 74748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74744 and 74748. After we will calculate the factors of 74744 and 74748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74744

Prime factors of 74744 are 2, 9343. Prime factorization of 74744 in exponential form is:

74744 = 2³ × 9343¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74748

Prime factors of 74748 are 2, 3, 6229. Prime factorization of 74748 in exponential form is:

74748 = 2² × 3¹ × 6229¹

Step-3: Factors of 74744

List of positive integer factors of 74744 that divides 74744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9343, 18686, 37372

Step-4: Factors of 74748

List of positive integer factors of 74748 that divides 74744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 6229, 12458, 18687, 24916, 37374

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74744 and 74748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74744 and 74748 is 4.

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