What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74832 and 74844?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74832 and 74844 is 12.

GCF(74832,74844) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74832 and 74844, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74832 and 74844.

How to find the GCF of 74832 and 74844?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74832 and 74844. After we will calculate the factors of 74832 and 74844 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74832

Prime factors of 74832 are 2, 3, 1559. Prime factorization of 74832 in exponential form is:

74832 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74844

Prime factors of 74844 are 2, 3, 7, 11. Prime factorization of 74844 in exponential form is:

74844 = 2² × 3⁵ × 7¹ × 11¹

Step-3: Factors of 74832

List of positive integer factors of 74832 that divides 74832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1559, 3118, 4677, 6236, 9354, 12472, 18708, 24944, 37416

Step-4: Factors of 74844

List of positive integer factors of 74844 that divides 74832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 36, 42, 44, 54, 63, 66, 77, 81, 84, 99, 108, 126, 132, 154, 162, 189, 198, 231, 243, 252, 297, 308, 324, 378, 396, 462, 486, 567, 594, 693, 756, 891, 924, 972, 1134, 1188, 1386, 1701, 1782, 2079, 2268, 2673, 2772, 3402, 3564, 4158, 5346, 6237, 6804, 8316, 10692, 12474, 18711, 24948, 37422

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74832 and 74844. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74832 and 74844 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74832 and 74844