What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74992 and 75004?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74992 and 75004 is 4.

GCF(74992,75004) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74992 and 75004, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74992 and 75004.

How to find the GCF of 74992 and 75004?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74992 and 75004. After we will calculate the factors of 74992 and 75004 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74992

Prime factors of 74992 are 2, 43, 109. Prime factorization of 74992 in exponential form is:

74992 = 2⁴ × 43¹ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75004

Prime factors of 75004 are 2, 17, 1103. Prime factorization of 75004 in exponential form is:

75004 = 2² × 17¹ × 1103¹

Step-3: Factors of 74992

List of positive integer factors of 74992 that divides 74992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 43, 86, 109, 172, 218, 344, 436, 688, 872, 1744, 4687, 9374, 18748, 37496

Step-4: Factors of 75004

List of positive integer factors of 75004 that divides 74992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 1103, 2206, 4412, 18751, 37502

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74992 and 75004. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74992 and 75004 is 4.

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