What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74781 and 74787?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74781 and 74787 is 3.

GCF(74781,74787) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74781 and 74787, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74781 and 74787.

How to find the GCF of 74781 and 74787?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74781 and 74787. After we will calculate the factors of 74781 and 74787 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74781

Prime factors of 74781 are 3, 7, 1187. Prime factorization of 74781 in exponential form is:

74781 = 3² × 7¹ × 1187¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74787

Prime factors of 74787 are 3, 97, 257. Prime factorization of 74787 in exponential form is:

74787 = 3¹ × 97¹ × 257¹

Step-3: Factors of 74781

List of positive integer factors of 74781 that divides 74781 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 1187, 3561, 8309, 10683, 24927

Step-4: Factors of 74787

List of positive integer factors of 74787 that divides 74781 without a remainder.

1, 3, 97, 257, 291, 771, 24929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74781 and 74787. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74781 and 74787 is 3.

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