What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74418 and 74429?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74418 and 74429 is 1.

GCF(74418,74429) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74418 and 74429, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74418 and 74429.

How to find the GCF of 74418 and 74429?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74418 and 74429. After we will calculate the factors of 74418 and 74429 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74418

Prime factors of 74418 are 2, 3, 79, 157. Prime factorization of 74418 in exponential form is:

74418 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74429

Prime factors of 74429 are 263, 283. Prime factorization of 74429 in exponential form is:

74429 = 263¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 74418

List of positive integer factors of 74418 that divides 74418 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 157, 158, 237, 314, 471, 474, 942, 12403, 24806, 37209

Step-4: Factors of 74429

List of positive integer factors of 74429 that divides 74418 without a remainder.

1, 263, 283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74418 and 74429. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74418 and 74429 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74418 and 74429