What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74932 and 74942?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74932 and 74942 is 2.

GCF(74932,74942) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74932 and 74942, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74932 and 74942.

How to find the GCF of 74932 and 74942?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74932 and 74942. After we will calculate the factors of 74932 and 74942 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74932

Prime factors of 74932 are 2, 11, 13, 131. Prime factorization of 74932 in exponential form is:

74932 = 2² × 11¹ × 13¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74942

Prime factors of 74942 are 2, 7, 53, 101. Prime factorization of 74942 in exponential form is:

74942 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 53¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 74932

List of positive integer factors of 74932 that divides 74932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 13, 22, 26, 44, 52, 131, 143, 262, 286, 524, 572, 1441, 1703, 2882, 3406, 5764, 6812, 18733, 37466

Step-4: Factors of 74942

List of positive integer factors of 74942 that divides 74932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 53, 101, 106, 202, 371, 707, 742, 1414, 5353, 10706, 37471

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74932 and 74942. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74932 and 74942 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74932 and 74942