What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74748 and 74768?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74748 and 74768 is 4.

GCF(74748,74768) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74748 and 74768, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74748 and 74768.

How to find the GCF of 74748 and 74768?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74748 and 74768. After we will calculate the factors of 74748 and 74768 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 74768

Prime factors of 74768 are 2, 4673. Prime factorization of 74768 in exponential form is:

74768 = 2⁴ × 4673¹

Step-3: Factors of 74748

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 74768

List of positive integer factors of 74768 that divides 74748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 4673, 9346, 18692, 37384

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74748 and 74768. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74748 and 74768 is 4.

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