What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74225 and 74231?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74225 and 74231 is 1.

GCF(74225,74231) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74225 and 74231, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74225 and 74231.

How to find the GCF of 74225 and 74231?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74225 and 74231. After we will calculate the factors of 74225 and 74231 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74225

Prime factors of 74225 are 5, 2969. Prime factorization of 74225 in exponential form is:

74225 = 5² × 2969¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74231

Prime factors of 74231 are 74231. Prime factorization of 74231 in exponential form is:

74231 = 74231¹

Step-3: Factors of 74225

List of positive integer factors of 74225 that divides 74225 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 2969, 14845

Step-4: Factors of 74231

List of positive integer factors of 74231 that divides 74225 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74225 and 74231. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74225 and 74231 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74225 and 74231