What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74831 and 74840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74831 and 74840 is 1.

GCF(74831,74840) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74831 and 74840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74831 and 74840.

How to find the GCF of 74831 and 74840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74831 and 74840. After we will calculate the factors of 74831 and 74840 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74831

Prime factors of 74831 are 74831. Prime factorization of 74831 in exponential form is:

74831 = 74831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74840

Prime factors of 74840 are 2, 5, 1871. Prime factorization of 74840 in exponential form is:

74840 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1871¹

Step-3: Factors of 74831

List of positive integer factors of 74831 that divides 74831 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74840

List of positive integer factors of 74840 that divides 74831 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1871, 3742, 7484, 9355, 14968, 18710, 37420

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74831 and 74840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74831 and 74840 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74831 and 74840