What is the Greatest Common Factor of 745 and 762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 745 and 762 is 1.

GCF(745,762) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 745 and 762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 745 and 762.

How to find the GCF of 745 and 762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 745 and 762. After we will calculate the factors of 745 and 762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 745

Prime factors of 745 are 5, 149. Prime factorization of 745 in exponential form is:

745 = 5¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 762

Prime factors of 762 are 2, 3, 127. Prime factorization of 762 in exponential form is:

762 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 745

List of positive integer factors of 745 that divides 745 without a remainder.

1, 5, 149

Step-4: Factors of 762

List of positive integer factors of 762 that divides 745 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 127, 254, 381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 745 and 762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 745 and 762 is 1.

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