What is the Greatest Common Factor of 743 and 749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 743 and 749 is 1.

GCF(743,749) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 743 and 749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 743 and 749.

How to find the GCF of 743 and 749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 743 and 749. After we will calculate the factors of 743 and 749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 743

Prime factors of 743 are 743. Prime factorization of 743 in exponential form is:

743 = 743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 749

Prime factors of 749 are 7, 107. Prime factorization of 749 in exponential form is:

749 = 7¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 743

List of positive integer factors of 743 that divides 743 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 749

List of positive integer factors of 749 that divides 743 without a remainder.

1, 7, 107

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 743 and 749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 743 and 749 is 1.

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