What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74924 and 74931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74924 and 74931 is 1.

GCF(74924,74931) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74924 and 74931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74924 and 74931.

How to find the GCF of 74924 and 74931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74924 and 74931. After we will calculate the factors of 74924 and 74931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74924

Prime factors of 74924 are 2, 18731. Prime factorization of 74924 in exponential form is:

74924 = 2² × 18731¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74931

Prime factors of 74931 are 3, 24977. Prime factorization of 74931 in exponential form is:

74931 = 3¹ × 24977¹

Step-3: Factors of 74924

List of positive integer factors of 74924 that divides 74924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 18731, 37462

Step-4: Factors of 74931

List of positive integer factors of 74931 that divides 74924 without a remainder.

1, 3, 24977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74924 and 74931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74924 and 74931 is 1.

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