What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14198 and 14218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14198 and 14218 is 2.

GCF(14198,14218) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14198 and 14218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14198 and 14218.

How to find the GCF of 14198 and 14218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14198 and 14218. After we will calculate the factors of 14198 and 14218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14198

Prime factors of 14198 are 2, 31, 229. Prime factorization of 14198 in exponential form is:

14198 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14218

Prime factors of 14218 are 2, 7109. Prime factorization of 14218 in exponential form is:

14218 = 2¹ × 7109¹

Step-3: Factors of 14198

List of positive integer factors of 14198 that divides 14198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 229, 458, 7099

Step-4: Factors of 14218

List of positive integer factors of 14218 that divides 14198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7109

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14198 and 14218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14198 and 14218 is 2.

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