What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74295 and 74308?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74295 and 74308 is 13.

GCF(74295,74308) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74295 and 74308, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74295 and 74308.

How to find the GCF of 74295 and 74308?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74295 and 74308. After we will calculate the factors of 74295 and 74308 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74295

Prime factors of 74295 are 3, 5, 13, 127. Prime factorization of 74295 in exponential form is:

74295 = 3² × 5¹ × 13¹ × 127¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74308

Prime factors of 74308 are 2, 13, 1429. Prime factorization of 74308 in exponential form is:

74308 = 2² × 13¹ × 1429¹

Step-3: Factors of 74295

List of positive integer factors of 74295 that divides 74295 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 13, 15, 39, 45, 65, 117, 127, 195, 381, 585, 635, 1143, 1651, 1905, 4953, 5715, 8255, 14859, 24765

Step-4: Factors of 74308

List of positive integer factors of 74308 that divides 74295 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1429, 2858, 5716, 18577, 37154

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74295 and 74308. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74295 and 74308 is 13.

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