What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74871 and 74887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74871 and 74887 is 1.

GCF(74871,74887) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74871 and 74887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74871 and 74887.

How to find the GCF of 74871 and 74887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74871 and 74887. After we will calculate the factors of 74871 and 74887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 74887

Prime factors of 74887 are 74887. Prime factorization of 74887 in exponential form is:

74887 = 74887¹

Step-3: Factors of 74871

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 74887

List of positive integer factors of 74887 that divides 74871 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74871 and 74887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74871 and 74887 is 1.

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