What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74481 and 74492?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74481 and 74492 is 11.

GCF(74481,74492) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74481 and 74492, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74481 and 74492.

How to find the GCF of 74481 and 74492?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74481 and 74492. After we will calculate the factors of 74481 and 74492 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 74492

Prime factors of 74492 are 2, 11, 1693. Prime factorization of 74492 in exponential form is:

74492 = 2² × 11¹ × 1693¹

Step-3: Factors of 74481

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 74492

List of positive integer factors of 74492 that divides 74481 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1693, 3386, 6772, 18623, 37246

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74481 and 74492. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74481 and 74492 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74481 and 74492