What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74968 and 74981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74968 and 74981 is 1.

GCF(74968,74981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74968 and 74981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74968 and 74981.

How to find the GCF of 74968 and 74981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74968 and 74981. After we will calculate the factors of 74968 and 74981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74968

Prime factors of 74968 are 2, 9371. Prime factorization of 74968 in exponential form is:

74968 = 2³ × 9371¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74981

Prime factors of 74981 are 97, 773. Prime factorization of 74981 in exponential form is:

74981 = 97¹ × 773¹

Step-3: Factors of 74968

List of positive integer factors of 74968 that divides 74968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 9371, 18742, 37484

Step-4: Factors of 74981

List of positive integer factors of 74981 that divides 74968 without a remainder.

1, 97, 773

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74968 and 74981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74968 and 74981 is 1.

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