What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74037 and 74042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74037 and 74042 is 1.

GCF(74037,74042) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74037 and 74042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74037 and 74042.

How to find the GCF of 74037 and 74042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74037 and 74042. After we will calculate the factors of 74037 and 74042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74037

Prime factors of 74037 are 3, 23, 29, 37. Prime factorization of 74037 in exponential form is:

74037 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 29¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74042

Prime factors of 74042 are 2, 37021. Prime factorization of 74042 in exponential form is:

74042 = 2¹ × 37021¹

Step-3: Factors of 74037

List of positive integer factors of 74037 that divides 74037 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 29, 37, 69, 87, 111, 667, 851, 1073, 2001, 2553, 3219, 24679

Step-4: Factors of 74042

List of positive integer factors of 74042 that divides 74037 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74037 and 74042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74037 and 74042 is 1.

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