What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74043 and 74055?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74043 and 74055 is 3.

GCF(74043,74055) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74043 and 74055, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74043 and 74055.

How to find the GCF of 74043 and 74055?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74043 and 74055. After we will calculate the factors of 74043 and 74055 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74043

Prime factors of 74043 are 3, 19, 433. Prime factorization of 74043 in exponential form is:

74043 = 3² × 19¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74055

Prime factors of 74055 are 3, 5, 4937. Prime factorization of 74055 in exponential form is:

74055 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4937¹

Step-3: Factors of 74043

List of positive integer factors of 74043 that divides 74043 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 57, 171, 433, 1299, 3897, 8227, 24681

Step-4: Factors of 74055

List of positive integer factors of 74055 that divides 74043 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4937, 14811, 24685

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74043 and 74055. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74043 and 74055 is 3.

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