What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74826 and 74835?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74826 and 74835 is 9.

GCF(74826,74835) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74826 and 74835, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74826 and 74835.

How to find the GCF of 74826 and 74835?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74826 and 74835. After we will calculate the factors of 74826 and 74835 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74826

Prime factors of 74826 are 2, 3, 4157. Prime factorization of 74826 in exponential form is:

74826 = 2¹ × 3² × 4157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74835

Prime factors of 74835 are 3, 5, 1663. Prime factorization of 74835 in exponential form is:

74835 = 3² × 5¹ × 1663¹

Step-3: Factors of 74826

List of positive integer factors of 74826 that divides 74826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4157, 8314, 12471, 24942, 37413

Step-4: Factors of 74835

List of positive integer factors of 74835 that divides 74826 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1663, 4989, 8315, 14967, 24945

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74826 and 74835. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74826 and 74835 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74826 and 74835