What is the Greatest Common Factor of 14236 and 14246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 14236 and 14246 is 2.

GCF(14236,14246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 14236 and 14246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 14236 and 14246.

How to find the GCF of 14236 and 14246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 14236 and 14246. After we will calculate the factors of 14236 and 14246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 14236

Prime factors of 14236 are 2, 3559. Prime factorization of 14236 in exponential form is:

14236 = 2² × 3559¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 14246

Prime factors of 14246 are 2, 17, 419. Prime factorization of 14246 in exponential form is:

14246 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 419¹

Step-3: Factors of 14236

List of positive integer factors of 14236 that divides 14236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 3559, 7118

Step-4: Factors of 14246

List of positive integer factors of 14246 that divides 14236 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 419, 838, 7123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 14236 and 14246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 14236 and 14246 is 2.

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