What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74560 and 74579?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74560 and 74579 is 1.

GCF(74560,74579) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74560 and 74579, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74560 and 74579.

How to find the GCF of 74560 and 74579?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74560 and 74579. After we will calculate the factors of 74560 and 74579 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74560

Prime factors of 74560 are 2, 5, 233. Prime factorization of 74560 in exponential form is:

74560 = 2⁶ × 5¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74579

Prime factors of 74579 are 17, 41, 107. Prime factorization of 74579 in exponential form is:

74579 = 17¹ × 41¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 74560

List of positive integer factors of 74560 that divides 74560 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 160, 233, 320, 466, 932, 1165, 1864, 2330, 3728, 4660, 7456, 9320, 14912, 18640, 37280

Step-4: Factors of 74579

List of positive integer factors of 74579 that divides 74560 without a remainder.

1, 17, 41, 107, 697, 1819, 4387

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74560 and 74579. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74560 and 74579 is 1.

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