What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74872 and 74877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74872 and 74877 is 1.

GCF(74872,74877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74872 and 74877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74872 and 74877.

How to find the GCF of 74872 and 74877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74872 and 74877. After we will calculate the factors of 74872 and 74877 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74872

Prime factors of 74872 are 2, 7, 191. Prime factorization of 74872 in exponential form is:

74872 = 2³ × 7² × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74877

Prime factors of 74877 are 3, 11, 2269. Prime factorization of 74877 in exponential form is:

74877 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2269¹

Step-3: Factors of 74872

List of positive integer factors of 74872 that divides 74872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 49, 56, 98, 191, 196, 382, 392, 764, 1337, 1528, 2674, 5348, 9359, 10696, 18718, 37436

Step-4: Factors of 74877

List of positive integer factors of 74877 that divides 74872 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2269, 6807, 24959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74872 and 74877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74872 and 74877 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74872 and 74877