What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34742 and 34761?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34742 and 34761 is 1.

GCF(34742,34761) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34742 and 34761, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34742 and 34761.

How to find the GCF of 34742 and 34761?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34742 and 34761. After we will calculate the factors of 34742 and 34761 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34742

Prime factors of 34742 are 2, 29, 599. Prime factorization of 34742 in exponential form is:

34742 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34761

Prime factors of 34761 are 3, 11587. Prime factorization of 34761 in exponential form is:

34761 = 3¹ × 11587¹

Step-3: Factors of 34742

List of positive integer factors of 34742 that divides 34742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 599, 1198, 17371

Step-4: Factors of 34761

List of positive integer factors of 34761 that divides 34742 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11587

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34742 and 34761. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34742 and 34761 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 34742 and 34761