What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74857 and 74871?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74857 and 74871 is 1.

GCF(74857,74871) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74857 and 74871, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74857 and 74871.

How to find the GCF of 74857 and 74871?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74857 and 74871. After we will calculate the factors of 74857 and 74871 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74857

Prime factors of 74857 are 74857. Prime factorization of 74857 in exponential form is:

74857 = 74857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74871

Prime factors of 74871 are 3, 47, 59. Prime factorization of 74871 in exponential form is:

74871 = 3³ × 47¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 74857

List of positive integer factors of 74857 that divides 74857 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 74871

List of positive integer factors of 74871 that divides 74857 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 47, 59, 141, 177, 423, 531, 1269, 1593, 2773, 8319, 24957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74857 and 74871. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74857 and 74871 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74857 and 74871