What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74059 and 74068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74059 and 74068 is 1.

GCF(74059,74068) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74059 and 74068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74059 and 74068.

How to find the GCF of 74059 and 74068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74059 and 74068. After we will calculate the factors of 74059 and 74068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74059

Prime factors of 74059 are 31, 2389. Prime factorization of 74059 in exponential form is:

74059 = 31¹ × 2389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74068

Prime factors of 74068 are 2, 18517. Prime factorization of 74068 in exponential form is:

74068 = 2² × 18517¹

Step-3: Factors of 74059

List of positive integer factors of 74059 that divides 74059 without a remainder.

1, 31, 2389

Step-4: Factors of 74068

List of positive integer factors of 74068 that divides 74059 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18517, 37034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74059 and 74068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74059 and 74068 is 1.

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