What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74942 and 74950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74942 and 74950 is 2.

GCF(74942,74950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74942 and 74950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74942 and 74950.

How to find the GCF of 74942 and 74950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74942 and 74950. After we will calculate the factors of 74942 and 74950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 74950

Prime factors of 74950 are 2, 5, 1499. Prime factorization of 74950 in exponential form is:

74950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1499¹

Step-3: Factors of 74942

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 74950

List of positive integer factors of 74950 that divides 74942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1499, 2998, 7495, 14990, 37475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74942 and 74950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74942 and 74950 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74942 and 74950