What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74469 and 74487?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74469 and 74487 is 3.

GCF(74469,74487) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74469 and 74487, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74469 and 74487.

How to find the GCF of 74469 and 74487?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74469 and 74487. After we will calculate the factors of 74469 and 74487 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74469

Prime factors of 74469 are 3, 103, 241. Prime factorization of 74469 in exponential form is:

74469 = 3¹ × 103¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74487

Prime factors of 74487 are 3, 7, 3547. Prime factorization of 74487 in exponential form is:

74487 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3547¹

Step-3: Factors of 74469

List of positive integer factors of 74469 that divides 74469 without a remainder.

1, 3, 103, 241, 309, 723, 24823

Step-4: Factors of 74487

List of positive integer factors of 74487 that divides 74469 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3547, 10641, 24829

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74469 and 74487. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74469 and 74487 is 3.

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