What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14158 and 14176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14158 and 14176 is 2.

GCF(14158,14176) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14158 and 14176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14158 and 14176.

How to find the GCF of 14158 and 14176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14158 and 14176. After we will calculate the factors of 14158 and 14176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14158

Prime factors of 14158 are 2, 7079. Prime factorization of 14158 in exponential form is:

14158 = 2¹ × 7079¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14176

Prime factors of 14176 are 2, 443. Prime factorization of 14176 in exponential form is:

14176 = 2⁵ × 443¹

Step-3: Factors of 14158

List of positive integer factors of 14158 that divides 14158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7079

Step-4: Factors of 14176

List of positive integer factors of 14176 that divides 14158 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 443, 886, 1772, 3544, 7088

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14158 and 14176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14158 and 14176 is 2.

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