What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74887 and 74905?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74887 and 74905 is 1.

GCF(74887,74905) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74887 and 74905, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74887 and 74905.

How to find the GCF of 74887 and 74905?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74887 and 74905. After we will calculate the factors of 74887 and 74905 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74887

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

74887 = 74887¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74905

Prime factors of 74905 are 5, 71, 211. Prime factorization of 74905 in exponential form is:

74905 = 5¹ × 71¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 74887

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

Step-4: Factors of 74905

List of positive integer factors of 74905 that divides 74887 without a remainder.

1, 5, 71, 211, 355, 1055, 14981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74887 and 74905. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74887 and 74905 is 1.

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