What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74236 and 74253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74236 and 74253 is 1.

GCF(74236,74253) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74236 and 74253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74236 and 74253.

How to find the GCF of 74236 and 74253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74236 and 74253. After we will calculate the factors of 74236 and 74253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74236

Prime factors of 74236 are 2, 67, 277. Prime factorization of 74236 in exponential form is:

74236 = 2² × 67¹ × 277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74253

Prime factors of 74253 are 3, 53, 467. Prime factorization of 74253 in exponential form is:

74253 = 3¹ × 53¹ × 467¹

Step-3: Factors of 74236

List of positive integer factors of 74236 that divides 74236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 67, 134, 268, 277, 554, 1108, 18559, 37118

Step-4: Factors of 74253

List of positive integer factors of 74253 that divides 74236 without a remainder.

1, 3, 53, 159, 467, 1401, 24751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74236 and 74253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74236 and 74253 is 1.

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