What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74836 and 74842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74836 and 74842 is 2.

GCF(74836,74842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74836 and 74842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74836 and 74842.

How to find the GCF of 74836 and 74842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74836 and 74842. After we will calculate the factors of 74836 and 74842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74836

Prime factors of 74836 are 2, 53, 353. Prime factorization of 74836 in exponential form is:

74836 = 2² × 53¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74842

Prime factors of 74842 are 2, 23, 1627. Prime factorization of 74842 in exponential form is:

74842 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 1627¹

Step-3: Factors of 74836

List of positive integer factors of 74836 that divides 74836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 212, 353, 706, 1412, 18709, 37418

Step-4: Factors of 74842

List of positive integer factors of 74842 that divides 74836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 1627, 3254, 37421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74836 and 74842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74836 and 74842 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74836 and 74842