What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74966 and 74973?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74966 and 74973 is 1.

GCF(74966,74973) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74966 and 74973, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74966 and 74973.

How to find the GCF of 74966 and 74973?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74966 and 74973. After we will calculate the factors of 74966 and 74973 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74966

Prime factors of 74966 are 2, 37483. Prime factorization of 74966 in exponential form is:

74966 = 2¹ × 37483¹

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 74966

List of positive integer factors of 74966 that divides 74966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37483

Step-4: Factors of 74973

List of positive integer factors of 74973 that divides 74966 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74966 and 74973. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74966 and 74973 is 1.

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