What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74549 and 74562?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74549 and 74562 is 1.

GCF(74549,74562) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74549 and 74562, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74549 and 74562.

How to find the GCF of 74549 and 74562?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74549 and 74562. After we will calculate the factors of 74549 and 74562 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74549

Prime factors of 74549 are 127, 587. Prime factorization of 74549 in exponential form is:

74549 = 127¹ × 587¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74562

Prime factors of 74562 are 2, 3, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 74562 in exponential form is:

74562 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17² × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 74549

List of positive integer factors of 74549 that divides 74549 without a remainder.

1, 127, 587

Step-4: Factors of 74562

List of positive integer factors of 74562 that divides 74549 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 43, 51, 86, 102, 129, 258, 289, 578, 731, 867, 1462, 1734, 2193, 4386, 12427, 24854, 37281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74549 and 74562. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74549 and 74562 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74549 and 74562