What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74541 and 74547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74541 and 74547 is 3.

GCF(74541,74547) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74541 and 74547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74541 and 74547.

How to find the GCF of 74541 and 74547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74541 and 74547. After we will calculate the factors of 74541 and 74547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74541

Prime factors of 74541 are 3, 24847. Prime factorization of 74541 in exponential form is:

74541 = 3¹ × 24847¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74547

Prime factors of 74547 are 3, 11, 251. Prime factorization of 74547 in exponential form is:

74547 = 3³ × 11¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 74541

List of positive integer factors of 74541 that divides 74541 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24847

Step-4: Factors of 74547

List of positive integer factors of 74547 that divides 74541 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 99, 251, 297, 753, 2259, 2761, 6777, 8283, 24849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74541 and 74547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74541 and 74547 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74541 and 74547