What is the Greatest Common Factor of 53744 and 53749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 53744 and 53749 is 1.

GCF(53744,53749) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 53744 and 53749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 53744 and 53749.

How to find the GCF of 53744 and 53749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 53744 and 53749. After we will calculate the factors of 53744 and 53749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 53744

Prime factors of 53744 are 2, 3359. Prime factorization of 53744 in exponential form is:

53744 = 2⁴ × 3359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 53749

Prime factors of 53749 are 59, 911. Prime factorization of 53749 in exponential form is:

53749 = 59¹ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 53744

List of positive integer factors of 53744 that divides 53744 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 3359, 6718, 13436, 26872

Step-4: Factors of 53749

List of positive integer factors of 53749 that divides 53744 without a remainder.

1, 59, 911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 53744 and 53749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 53744 and 53749 is 1.

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