What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74715 and 74733?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74715 and 74733 is 3.

GCF(74715,74733) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74715 and 74733, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74715 and 74733.

How to find the GCF of 74715 and 74733?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74715 and 74733. After we will calculate the factors of 74715 and 74733 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74715

Prime factors of 74715 are 3, 5, 17, 293. Prime factorization of 74715 in exponential form is:

74715 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74733

Prime factors of 74733 are 3, 29, 859. Prime factorization of 74733 in exponential form is:

74733 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 74715

List of positive integer factors of 74715 that divides 74715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 255, 293, 879, 1465, 4395, 4981, 14943, 24905

Step-4: Factors of 74733

List of positive integer factors of 74733 that divides 74715 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 859, 2577, 24911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74715 and 74733. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74715 and 74733 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74715 and 74733