What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74229 and 74244?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74229 and 74244 is 3.

GCF(74229,74244) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74229 and 74244, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74229 and 74244.

How to find the GCF of 74229 and 74244?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74229 and 74244. After we will calculate the factors of 74229 and 74244 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74229

Prime factors of 74229 are 3, 109, 227. Prime factorization of 74229 in exponential form is:

74229 = 3¹ × 109¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74244

Prime factors of 74244 are 2, 3, 23, 269. Prime factorization of 74244 in exponential form is:

74244 = 2² × 3¹ × 23¹ × 269¹

Step-3: Factors of 74229

List of positive integer factors of 74229 that divides 74229 without a remainder.

1, 3, 109, 227, 327, 681, 24743

Step-4: Factors of 74244

List of positive integer factors of 74244 that divides 74229 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 23, 46, 69, 92, 138, 269, 276, 538, 807, 1076, 1614, 3228, 6187, 12374, 18561, 24748, 37122

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74229 and 74244. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74229 and 74244 is 3.

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