What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74972 and 74982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74972 and 74982 is 2.

GCF(74972,74982) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74972 and 74982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74972 and 74982.

How to find the GCF of 74972 and 74982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74972 and 74982. After we will calculate the factors of 74972 and 74982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74972

Prime factors of 74972 are 2, 18743. Prime factorization of 74972 in exponential form is:

74972 = 2² × 18743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74982

Prime factors of 74982 are 2, 3, 12497. Prime factorization of 74982 in exponential form is:

74982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12497¹

Step-3: Factors of 74972

List of positive integer factors of 74972 that divides 74972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18743, 37486

Step-4: Factors of 74982

List of positive integer factors of 74982 that divides 74972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12497, 24994, 37491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74972 and 74982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74972 and 74982 is 2.

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