What is the Greatest Common Factor of 74983 and 74991?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 74983 and 74991 is 1.

GCF(74983,74991) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 74983 and 74991, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 74983 and 74991.

How to find the GCF of 74983 and 74991?

We will first find the prime factorization of 74983 and 74991. After we will calculate the factors of 74983 and 74991 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 74983

Prime factors of 74983 are 167, 449. Prime factorization of 74983 in exponential form is:

74983 = 167¹ × 449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 74991

Prime factors of 74991 are 3, 7, 3571. Prime factorization of 74991 in exponential form is:

74991 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 3571¹

Step-3: Factors of 74983

List of positive integer factors of 74983 that divides 74983 without a remainder.

1, 167, 449

Step-4: Factors of 74991

List of positive integer factors of 74991 that divides 74983 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 3571, 10713, 24997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 74983 and 74991. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 74983 and 74991 is 1.

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