What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14178 and 14184?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14178 and 14184 is 6.

GCF(14178,14184) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14178 and 14184, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14178 and 14184.

How to find the GCF of 14178 and 14184?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14178 and 14184. After we will calculate the factors of 14178 and 14184 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14178

Prime factors of 14178 are 2, 3, 17, 139. Prime factorization of 14178 in exponential form is:

14178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14184

Prime factors of 14184 are 2, 3, 197. Prime factorization of 14184 in exponential form is:

14184 = 2³ × 3² × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 14178

List of positive integer factors of 14178 that divides 14178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 139, 278, 417, 834, 2363, 4726, 7089

Step-4: Factors of 14184

List of positive integer factors of 14184 that divides 14178 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 197, 394, 591, 788, 1182, 1576, 1773, 2364, 3546, 4728, 7092

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14178 and 14184. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14178 and 14184 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 14178 and 14184