What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74860 and 74873?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74860 and 74873 is 1.

GCF(74860,74873) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74860 and 74873, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74860 and 74873.

How to find the GCF of 74860 and 74873?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74860 and 74873. After we will calculate the factors of 74860 and 74873 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74860

Prime factors of 74860 are 2, 5, 19, 197. Prime factorization of 74860 in exponential form is:

74860 = 2² × 5¹ × 19¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74873

Prime factors of 74873 are 74873. Prime factorization of 74873 in exponential form is:

74873 = 74873¹

Step-3: Factors of 74860

List of positive integer factors of 74860 that divides 74860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 19, 20, 38, 76, 95, 190, 197, 380, 394, 788, 985, 1970, 3743, 3940, 7486, 14972, 18715, 37430

Step-4: Factors of 74873

List of positive integer factors of 74873 that divides 74860 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74860 and 74873. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74860 and 74873 is 1.

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