What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74201 and 74205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74201 and 74205 is 1.

GCF(74201,74205) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74201 and 74205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74201 and 74205.

How to find the GCF of 74201 and 74205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74201 and 74205. After we will calculate the factors of 74201 and 74205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74201

Prime factors of 74201 are 74201. Prime factorization of 74201 in exponential form is:

74201 = 74201¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74205

Prime factors of 74205 are 3, 5, 17, 97. Prime factorization of 74205 in exponential form is:

74205 = 3² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 74201

List of positive integer factors of 74201 that divides 74201 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74205

List of positive integer factors of 74205 that divides 74201 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 45, 51, 85, 97, 153, 255, 291, 485, 765, 873, 1455, 1649, 4365, 4947, 8245, 14841, 24735

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74201 and 74205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74201 and 74205 is 1.

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