What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74737 and 74750?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74737 and 74750 is 13.

GCF(74737,74750) = 13

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74737 and 74750, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74737 and 74750.

How to find the GCF of 74737 and 74750?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74737 and 74750. After we will calculate the factors of 74737 and 74750 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74737

Prime factors of 74737 are 13, 5749. Prime factorization of 74737 in exponential form is:

74737 = 13¹ × 5749¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74750

Prime factors of 74750 are 2, 5, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 74750 in exponential form is:

74750 = 2¹ × 5³ × 13¹ × 23¹

Step-3: Factors of 74737

List of positive integer factors of 74737 that divides 74737 without a remainder.

1, 13, 5749

Step-4: Factors of 74750

List of positive integer factors of 74750 that divides 74737 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 23, 25, 26, 46, 50, 65, 115, 125, 130, 230, 250, 299, 325, 575, 598, 650, 1150, 1495, 1625, 2875, 2990, 3250, 5750, 7475, 14950, 37375

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74737 and 74750. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74737 and 74750 is 13.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74737 and 74750