What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2857 and 2874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2857 and 2874 is 1.

GCF(2857,2874) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2857 and 2874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2857 and 2874.

How to find the GCF of 2857 and 2874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2857 and 2874. After we will calculate the factors of 2857 and 2874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2857

Prime factors of 2857 are 2857. Prime factorization of 2857 in exponential form is:

2857 = 2857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2874

Prime factors of 2874 are 2, 3, 479. Prime factorization of 2874 in exponential form is:

2874 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 479¹

Step-3: Factors of 2857

List of positive integer factors of 2857 that divides 2857 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 2874

List of positive integer factors of 2874 that divides 2857 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 479, 958, 1437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2857 and 2874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2857 and 2874 is 1.

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