What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74157 and 74163?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74157 and 74163 is 3.

GCF(74157,74163) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74157 and 74163, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74157 and 74163.

How to find the GCF of 74157 and 74163?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74157 and 74163. After we will calculate the factors of 74157 and 74163 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74157

Prime factors of 74157 are 3, 19, 1301. Prime factorization of 74157 in exponential form is:

74157 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 1301¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74163

Prime factors of 74163 are 3, 59, 419. Prime factorization of 74163 in exponential form is:

74163 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 74157

List of positive integer factors of 74157 that divides 74157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 1301, 3903, 24719

Step-4: Factors of 74163

List of positive integer factors of 74163 that divides 74157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 419, 1257, 24721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74157 and 74163. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74157 and 74163 is 3.

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