What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74849 and 74868?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74849 and 74868 is 1.

GCF(74849,74868) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74849 and 74868, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74849 and 74868.

How to find the GCF of 74849 and 74868?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74849 and 74868. After we will calculate the factors of 74849 and 74868 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74849

Prime factors of 74849 are 29, 89. Prime factorization of 74849 in exponential form is:

74849 = 29² × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74868

Prime factors of 74868 are 2, 3, 17, 367. Prime factorization of 74868 in exponential form is:

74868 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 74849

List of positive integer factors of 74849 that divides 74849 without a remainder.

1, 29, 89, 841, 2581

Step-4: Factors of 74868

List of positive integer factors of 74868 that divides 74849 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 204, 367, 734, 1101, 1468, 2202, 4404, 6239, 12478, 18717, 24956, 37434

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74849 and 74868. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74849 and 74868 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74849 and 74868