What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74296 and 74309?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74296 and 74309 is 1.

GCF(74296,74309) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74296 and 74309, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74296 and 74309.

How to find the GCF of 74296 and 74309?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74296 and 74309. After we will calculate the factors of 74296 and 74309 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74296

Prime factors of 74296 are 2, 37, 251. Prime factorization of 74296 in exponential form is:

74296 = 2³ × 37¹ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74309

Prime factors of 74309 are 19, 3911. Prime factorization of 74309 in exponential form is:

74309 = 19¹ × 3911¹

Step-3: Factors of 74296

List of positive integer factors of 74296 that divides 74296 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 74, 148, 251, 296, 502, 1004, 2008, 9287, 18574, 37148

Step-4: Factors of 74309

List of positive integer factors of 74309 that divides 74296 without a remainder.

1, 19, 3911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74296 and 74309. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74296 and 74309 is 1.

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