What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74782 and 74798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74782 and 74798 is 2.

GCF(74782,74798) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74782 and 74798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74782 and 74798.

How to find the GCF of 74782 and 74798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74782 and 74798. After we will calculate the factors of 74782 and 74798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74782

Prime factors of 74782 are 2, 139, 269. Prime factorization of 74782 in exponential form is:

74782 = 2¹ × 139¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74798

Prime factors of 74798 are 2, 149, 251. Prime factorization of 74798 in exponential form is:

74798 = 2¹ × 149¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 74782

List of positive integer factors of 74782 that divides 74782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 139, 269, 278, 538, 37391

Step-4: Factors of 74798

List of positive integer factors of 74798 that divides 74782 without a remainder.

1, 2, 149, 251, 298, 502, 37399

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74782 and 74798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74782 and 74798 is 2.

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