What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74955 and 74973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74955 and 74973 is 3.

GCF(74955,74973) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74955 and 74973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74955 and 74973.

How to find the GCF of 74955 and 74973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74955 and 74973. After we will calculate the factors of 74955 and 74973 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 74973

Prime factors of 74973 are 3, 67, 373. Prime factorization of 74973 in exponential form is:

74973 = 3¹ × 67¹ × 373¹

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 74973

List of positive integer factors of 74973 that divides 74955 without a remainder.

1, 3, 67, 201, 373, 1119, 24991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74955 and 74973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74955 and 74973 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 74955 and 74973