What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74472 and 74481?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74472 and 74481 is 3.

GCF(74472,74481) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74472 and 74481, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74472 and 74481.

How to find the GCF of 74472 and 74481?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74472 and 74481. After we will calculate the factors of 74472 and 74481 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74472

Prime factors of 74472 are 2, 3, 29, 107. Prime factorization of 74472 in exponential form is:

74472 = 2³ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74481

Prime factors of 74481 are 3, 11, 37, 61. Prime factorization of 74481 in exponential form is:

74481 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 37¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 74472

List of positive integer factors of 74472 that divides 74472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 29, 58, 87, 107, 116, 174, 214, 232, 321, 348, 428, 642, 696, 856, 1284, 2568, 3103, 6206, 9309, 12412, 18618, 24824, 37236

Step-4: Factors of 74481

List of positive integer factors of 74481 that divides 74472 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 37, 61, 111, 183, 407, 671, 1221, 2013, 2257, 6771, 24827

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74472 and 74481. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74472 and 74481 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74472 and 74481