What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74043 and 74062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74043 and 74062 is 19.

GCF(74043,74062) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74043 and 74062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74043 and 74062.

How to find the GCF of 74043 and 74062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74043 and 74062. After we will calculate the factors of 74043 and 74062 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 74062

Prime factors of 74062 are 2, 19, 1949. Prime factorization of 74062 in exponential form is:

74062 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 1949¹

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 74062

List of positive integer factors of 74062 that divides 74043 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 1949, 3898, 37031

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74043 and 74062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74043 and 74062 is 19.

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