What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74955 and 74971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74955 and 74971 is 1.

GCF(74955,74971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74955 and 74971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74955 and 74971.

How to find the GCF of 74955 and 74971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74955 and 74971. After we will calculate the factors of 74955 and 74971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74955

Prime factors of 74955 are 3, 5, 19, 263. Prime factorization of 74955 in exponential form is:

74955 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74971

Prime factors of 74971 are 13, 73, 79. Prime factorization of 74971 in exponential form is:

74971 = 13¹ × 73¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 74955

List of positive integer factors of 74955 that divides 74955 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 19, 57, 95, 263, 285, 789, 1315, 3945, 4997, 14991, 24985

Step-4: Factors of 74971

List of positive integer factors of 74971 that divides 74955 without a remainder.

1, 13, 73, 79, 949, 1027, 5767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74955 and 74971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74955 and 74971 is 1.

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