What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74064 and 74073?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74064 and 74073 is 3.

GCF(74064,74073) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74064 and 74073, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74064 and 74073.

How to find the GCF of 74064 and 74073?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74064 and 74073. After we will calculate the factors of 74064 and 74073 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74064

Prime factors of 74064 are 2, 3, 1543. Prime factorization of 74064 in exponential form is:

74064 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74073

Prime factors of 74073 are 3, 24691. Prime factorization of 74073 in exponential form is:

74073 = 3¹ × 24691¹

Step-3: Factors of 74064

List of positive integer factors of 74064 that divides 74064 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 1543, 3086, 4629, 6172, 9258, 12344, 18516, 24688, 37032

Step-4: Factors of 74073

List of positive integer factors of 74073 that divides 74064 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24691

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74064 and 74073. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74064 and 74073 is 3.

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