What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74679 and 74697?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74679 and 74697 is 3.

GCF(74679,74697) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74679 and 74697, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74679 and 74697.

How to find the GCF of 74679 and 74697?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74679 and 74697. After we will calculate the factors of 74679 and 74697 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74679

Prime factors of 74679 are 3, 11, 31, 73. Prime factorization of 74679 in exponential form is:

74679 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 31¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74697

Prime factors of 74697 are 3, 7, 3557. Prime factorization of 74697 in exponential form is:

74697 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3557¹

Step-3: Factors of 74679

List of positive integer factors of 74679 that divides 74679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 31, 33, 73, 93, 219, 341, 803, 1023, 2263, 2409, 6789, 24893

Step-4: Factors of 74697

List of positive integer factors of 74697 that divides 74679 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3557, 10671, 24899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74679 and 74697. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74679 and 74697 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74679 and 74697