What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74842 and 74846?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74842 and 74846 is 2.

GCF(74842,74846) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74842 and 74846, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74842 and 74846.

How to find the GCF of 74842 and 74846?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74842 and 74846. After we will calculate the factors of 74842 and 74846 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 74846

Prime factors of 74846 are 2, 37423. Prime factorization of 74846 in exponential form is:

74846 = 2¹ × 37423¹

Step-3: Factors of 74842

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 74846

List of positive integer factors of 74846 that divides 74842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37423

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74842 and 74846. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74842 and 74846 is 2.

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