What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74735 and 74745?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74735 and 74745 is 5.

GCF(74735,74745) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74735 and 74745, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74735 and 74745.

How to find the GCF of 74735 and 74745?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74735 and 74745. After we will calculate the factors of 74735 and 74745 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74735

Prime factors of 74735 are 5, 14947. Prime factorization of 74735 in exponential form is:

74735 = 5¹ × 14947¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74745

Prime factors of 74745 are 3, 5, 11, 151. Prime factorization of 74745 in exponential form is:

74745 = 3² × 5¹ × 11¹ × 151¹

Step-3: Factors of 74735

List of positive integer factors of 74735 that divides 74735 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14947

Step-4: Factors of 74745

List of positive integer factors of 74745 that divides 74735 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 15, 33, 45, 55, 99, 151, 165, 453, 495, 755, 1359, 1661, 2265, 4983, 6795, 8305, 14949, 24915

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74735 and 74745. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74735 and 74745 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74735 and 74745