What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74491 and 74498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74491 and 74498 is 1.

GCF(74491,74498) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74491 and 74498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74491 and 74498.

How to find the GCF of 74491 and 74498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74491 and 74498. After we will calculate the factors of 74491 and 74498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74491

Prime factors of 74491 are 163, 457. Prime factorization of 74491 in exponential form is:

74491 = 163¹ × 457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74498

Prime factors of 74498 are 2, 193. Prime factorization of 74498 in exponential form is:

74498 = 2¹ × 193²

Step-3: Factors of 74491

List of positive integer factors of 74491 that divides 74491 without a remainder.

1, 163, 457

Step-4: Factors of 74498

List of positive integer factors of 74498 that divides 74491 without a remainder.

1, 2, 193, 386, 37249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74491 and 74498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74491 and 74498 is 1.

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