What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74672 and 74691?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74672 and 74691 is 1.

GCF(74672,74691) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74672 and 74691, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74672 and 74691.

How to find the GCF of 74672 and 74691?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74672 and 74691. After we will calculate the factors of 74672 and 74691 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74672

Prime factors of 74672 are 2, 13, 359. Prime factorization of 74672 in exponential form is:

74672 = 2⁴ × 13¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74691

Prime factors of 74691 are 3, 43, 193. Prime factorization of 74691 in exponential form is:

74691 = 3² × 43¹ × 193¹

Step-3: Factors of 74672

List of positive integer factors of 74672 that divides 74672 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 52, 104, 208, 359, 718, 1436, 2872, 4667, 5744, 9334, 18668, 37336

Step-4: Factors of 74691

List of positive integer factors of 74691 that divides 74672 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 43, 129, 193, 387, 579, 1737, 8299, 24897

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74672 and 74691. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74672 and 74691 is 1.

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