What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74241 and 74255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74241 and 74255 is 1.

GCF(74241,74255) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74241 and 74255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74241 and 74255.

How to find the GCF of 74241 and 74255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74241 and 74255. After we will calculate the factors of 74241 and 74255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74241

Prime factors of 74241 are 3, 73, 113. Prime factorization of 74241 in exponential form is:

74241 = 3² × 73¹ × 113¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74255

Prime factors of 74255 are 5, 14851. Prime factorization of 74255 in exponential form is:

74255 = 5¹ × 14851¹

Step-3: Factors of 74241

List of positive integer factors of 74241 that divides 74241 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 73, 113, 219, 339, 657, 1017, 8249, 24747

Step-4: Factors of 74255

List of positive integer factors of 74255 that divides 74241 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74241 and 74255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74241 and 74255 is 1.

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