What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74895 and 74915?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74895 and 74915 is 5.

GCF(74895,74915) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74895 and 74915, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74895 and 74915.

How to find the GCF of 74895 and 74915?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74895 and 74915. After we will calculate the factors of 74895 and 74915 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74895

Prime factors of 74895 are 3, 5, 4993. Prime factorization of 74895 in exponential form is:

74895 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 4993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74915

Prime factors of 74915 are 5, 14983. Prime factorization of 74915 in exponential form is:

74915 = 5¹ × 14983¹

Step-3: Factors of 74895

List of positive integer factors of 74895 that divides 74895 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 4993, 14979, 24965

Step-4: Factors of 74915

List of positive integer factors of 74915 that divides 74895 without a remainder.

1, 5, 14983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74895 and 74915. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74895 and 74915 is 5.

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