What is the Greatest Common Factor of 75418 and 75436?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 75418 and 75436 is 2.

GCF(75418,75436) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 75418 and 75436, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 75418 and 75436.

How to find the GCF of 75418 and 75436?

We will first find the prime factorization of 75418 and 75436. After we will calculate the factors of 75418 and 75436 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 75418

Prime factors of 75418 are 2, 7, 5387. Prime factorization of 75418 in exponential form is:

75418 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 5387¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 75436

Prime factors of 75436 are 2, 18859. Prime factorization of 75436 in exponential form is:

75436 = 2² × 18859¹

Step-3: Factors of 75418

List of positive integer factors of 75418 that divides 75418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 5387, 10774, 37709

Step-4: Factors of 75436

List of positive integer factors of 75436 that divides 75418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18859, 37718

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 75418 and 75436. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 75418 and 75436 is 2.

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