What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74239 and 74253?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74239 and 74253 is 1.

GCF(74239,74253) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74239 and 74253, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74239 and 74253.

How to find the GCF of 74239 and 74253?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74239 and 74253. After we will calculate the factors of 74239 and 74253 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74239

Prime factors of 74239 are 11, 17, 397. Prime factorization of 74239 in exponential form is:

74239 = 11¹ × 17¹ × 397¹

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 74239

List of positive integer factors of 74239 that divides 74239 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 187, 397, 4367, 6749

Step-4: Factors of 74253

List of positive integer factors of 74253 that divides 74239 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74239 and 74253. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74239 and 74253 is 1.

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