What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74742 and 74747?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74742 and 74747 is 1.

GCF(74742,74747) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74742 and 74747, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74742 and 74747.

How to find the GCF of 74742 and 74747?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74742 and 74747. After we will calculate the factors of 74742 and 74747 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74742

Prime factors of 74742 are 2, 3, 12457. Prime factorization of 74742 in exponential form is:

74742 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12457¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74747

Prime factors of 74747 are 74747. Prime factorization of 74747 in exponential form is:

74747 = 74747¹

Step-3: Factors of 74742

List of positive integer factors of 74742 that divides 74742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12457, 24914, 37371

Step-4: Factors of 74747

List of positive integer factors of 74747 that divides 74742 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74742 and 74747. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74742 and 74747 is 1.

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