What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74516 and 74531?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74516 and 74531 is 1.

GCF(74516,74531) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74516 and 74531, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74516 and 74531.

How to find the GCF of 74516 and 74531?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74516 and 74531. After we will calculate the factors of 74516 and 74531 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74516

Prime factors of 74516 are 2, 13, 1433. Prime factorization of 74516 in exponential form is:

74516 = 2² × 13¹ × 1433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74531

Prime factors of 74531 are 74531. Prime factorization of 74531 in exponential form is:

74531 = 74531¹

Step-3: Factors of 74516

List of positive integer factors of 74516 that divides 74516 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 1433, 2866, 5732, 18629, 37258

Step-4: Factors of 74531

List of positive integer factors of 74531 that divides 74516 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74516 and 74531. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74516 and 74531 is 1.

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